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How many people in your life are important or close enough to you that you would die to save their life, without even thinking about it?

In other words, you'd give up your life to save them,without a second thought.

In your comments, please explain who the people are.



VotesAnswer
13None
10Not sure
91
82
73
66-10
4More than 10
34
35
2I would do it for anyone

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North79
posted 19-Mar-1999 3:16pm  
My parents, my brother, and my girlfriend. Anyone else I'd hesitate for sure..and for some stranger I probably wouldn't volunteer..
Jody Bronze Star Survey Creator Survey Qualifier
posted 19-Mar-1999 3:22pm  
My mother and my husband. If I get to hesitate for a second and think about it, I might add another 2-3 people.
drdt
posted 19-Mar-1999 4:08pm  
Given no time to think, I expect that I, like many people, would instinctively try to save another person before noticing that the act would end up killing me in their place. But in a situation where I had a chance to evaluate the situation, no one comes to mind.
steve
posted 19-Mar-1999 4:56pm  
Tom and Elizabeth.
Pomeranian
posted 19-Mar-1999 5:50pm  
My twin brother, my niece or my nephews.
hunter
posted 19-Mar-1999 5:51pm  
Great googly moogly! There are two of you?!
Pomeranian
posted 19-Mar-1999 6:19pm  
hunter: yes, but don't let the living dead know that...they haven't eaten him yet.
bill Survey Central Gold Subscriber Double Gold Star Survey Creator
posted 20-Mar-1999 4:57am  
I would never do this for anyone without a second thought and I hope no one would do it for me. This is your life we're talking about here, think about it before you throw it away!
jjg
posted 20-Mar-1999 8:28am  
My daughter is the only person that I love so unconditionally that I would give up my life with no thought. My wife would require a second thought. She doesn't like this answer, but it's true.
they Bronze Star Survey Creator Survey Qualifier
posted 20-Mar-1999 9:30am  
Four people... As I have said before, if there is an animal on the road, I will swerve off the road to miss it... So I guess I can say any animal... but only four people.
romkey Survey Central Gold Subscriber
posted 20-Mar-1999 9:35am  
I don't think I would do it for anyone, either
Gamera
posted 21-Mar-1999 1:01am  
I have no way to judge this. I have never been in any sort of situation like this,so I'm not sure what I would do, for one thing, and it's really hard for me to guess what I would be thinking when I did it. I think the answer is either 0 or 2 or More than 2. Either I would think twice about it for anyone, I would think twice about it for anyone but 2 very special people, or I would not think twice about it for any of a number of people. 3-9 is unlikely.
Ophelia
posted 21-Mar-1999 12:22pm  
I have to say my mom, my dad and my sister.
Mattias
posted 21-Mar-1999 2:54pm  
My SO.
Wicksy Gold Star Survey Creator
posted 22-Mar-1999 5:42am  
It depends on the circumstances. Obviously if I had terminal cancer, I would choose myself to die over my girlfriend, but is she had it, I wouldn't die for them because they would soon be dead as well. I just can't answer this one so I put not sure. Good idea though. put it in a specific situation and then I 'll try and answer it.
jettles Survey Central Gold Subscriber Bronze Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
posted 22-Mar-1999 7:51am  
aaaahhh, but this is making me think about it, so is it a true measure of what i would do. i think this question is unable to be answered. we can say whatever we please but until that moment comes you can't ever know what will happen!! i have stopped to help people i don't even know in situations i never thought i would, at least twice in the past two years that afterwards i thought about it and didn't know why i had. i think it is more a matter of instinct rather than how close you necessarily are.
if i had to choose i would say my lover, my brother, my dad and my aunt, and 3 close close friends but i would be hoping that i would.
Pooh_Bear
posted 22-Mar-1999 11:25am  
My husband, though I know he wouldn't want me to do it.
dpolicar
posted 22-Mar-1999 4:30pm  
I don't think I can predict my willingness to die to save someone else without actually being in the situation. Don't know, won't ever know.
kristalynn
posted 22-Mar-1999 6:26pm  
i would only die for my boyfriend well without thinking about it anyway
Mandy2
posted 23-Mar-1999 10:37pm  
I would only do it for my fiance, my mom, my li'l brother, my granny and my best friend. I know they would all do it for me.
WilliamFaulkner
posted 24-Mar-1999 5:18pm  
I never do anything without a second thought.
Mozluvr
posted 27-Mar-1999 6:44pm  
There are many that I would waste my own life for, because I do not particularly enjoy living, but I would not want to save some craphead's life. People I include would be Morrissey, my sister, my friend Anne and someone I know named Torr Leonard...
pandora
posted 27-Mar-1999 7:07pm  
Damn, I'm selfish. I think I would die for quite a few people, but it would take a second thought, or a third or fourth. This is strange when I think about it, since I'm not even really enjoying life that much.
mandy Gold Qualifier
posted 31-Mar-1999 9:20pm  
I would also save any animal....only three peeps....My daughter...My girlfriend...and Nick
mandy Gold Qualifier
posted 31-Mar-1999 9:20pm  
without a second thought....
jaff
posted 1-Apr-1999 12:00pm  
my sister. 'nuf said.
wynkin
posted 2-Apr-1999 7:17am  
My husband and two children. Anyone else, I would hesitate.
lion
posted 8-Apr-1999 12:25am  
My SO - but only if death was the *only* way to save him from the situation.
SueBee Survey Central Subscriber
posted 18-Apr-1999 4:10pm  
My darling mandy and her daughter are the two people I would give my life for without even a fleeting second
thought. There's no doubt in my mind about that, because I wouldn't want to live without them. There are others
(my parents, brother & sister, and my best friend) for whom I would probably risk my life, but maybe not quite
so selflessly. I guess it depends on the circumstances. I would do it for a stranger in some cases...for example, if I
saw a child being mauled by a dog, I'm sure I would intervene without much thought to my own safety.
mandy Gold Qualifier
posted 18-Apr-1999 4:58pm  
MY HERO!!!!*smiles*
eris
posted 22-Apr-1999 10:10pm  
My SO, my parents, my brother, and several best friends. This is not the answer I would rationally have expected myself to give (I expected fewer).
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