There are so many reasons to save mom first. Mother is the one who gives you the opportunity to come to this beautiful world and have this amazing life. Mother is the one who would never betray you and always cares about you. Mother is the one who is willing give you everything, even sacrifice for you. I can list so many reasons like this.
However, there are also many reasons to save lover first. I’ve heard a story: A professor asked one of his students to write down 10 people she cares about in her life. She wrote: Parents, friends, lover, children, etc. Then, the professor said, “You have to cross out one person. The one you think is less important.” After repeating this for nine times, there’s only one person left: Lover. It’s true. Lover is important. Because he/she might be the one you would spend the rest of your life with. Parents are truly important to us, however, they’ll die one day; they can no longer take care of you. But your lover can.
If you ask me which one would I pick, I don’t think I can give you an answer. Because I think they are both equally important to us. So I guess that’s the good thing about debate, there are no correct or wrong answers. =)
-Kathy Chen