Instant gratification or delayed gratification?

Question

For the sake of this question, say you are told you will experience the highest pleasure and happiness of your life-- but you need to make a choice:

1. Instant Gratification and receive the highest pleasure instantly and it would last for 6 months

Or

2. Delayed gratification will begin 6 months from now and will last 12 months vs. the 6 months for the instant gratification.

Receive it instantly and it will not last as long, wait a little and it will last twice as long. Which would you choose and why?

Answer 1

i would choose to wait and it last twice as long... it wil be even better happiness becuase of the wait anticipating for it... it will be even better because you wouldnt have to wait any longer so the reward will feel that much better

do i make any sense??? haha

Answer 2

wait. anticipation hightens the effect

Answer 3

i would choose instant gratification because my anticipation would wear down and i would most likely forget.  the anticipation would not be the same in 6 months as compared to right now.

Answer 4

...instant gratification...tomorrow is not a guarantee...

Answer 5

Accepting the fact, for questions sake, that I knew what the gratification is. I would consider if it was worth short or longer lived gratification. No matter what the length is it doesn't last as most everything doesn't. But I guess I would  wait.