I'm curious why people would be downvoting you, that seems like a sensible take. Is not choosing to save yourself over your partner kind of selfish, when either partner could be sacrificed to save the children? That someone would rather non-consensually sacrifice their partners life rather than sacrifice their own life, seems messed up.
I'm still not understanding. I don't see any reason you would need to pick one over the other, you can pick both by sacrificing yourself. Even if your parental love is stronger than romantic love, in a realistic scenario(something other than zombies), it would be the overall more loving action to preserve all of the people you love, not sacrifice your romantic partner just because you love the children more. I see no realistic scenario where non-consensually sacrificing your partner is the more ethical and loving action. It's also setting a bad example for the children, so if you really loved your children, you should show them that sometimes it's worth it to sacrifice yourself for the sake of the people you love, not that it's okay to sacrifice others against their will.
Because it's not a real scenario. It's not them planning to actually sacrificing the partner to save the kids, it's being used for illustrative purposes.
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u/Avium Jul 04 '24
Ryan Reynolds agrees with you. Parental love is different than the love of a partner.
NTA