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Originally Posted by wil318466
No, I think many times what I say holds true. There are only a handful of life events that change your entire perspective that most of us share. Moving away from family, losing a family member, getting married, and having children are essentially the big ones. Getting married isn't even that big of a deal to many people, but having children is absolutely life-changing.
There is good reason why people change so much after having children. Perspectives and priorities change. I don't agree with most things I believed in when I was in my 20s as I do now.
As far as racial issues, I think it is more based on belief. Just as you would be suspicious of how you were treated if you were travelling to a foreign country, I believe many minorities feel the same way here in America because they are constantly told so. When someone is a jerk to me I don't start asking if they did it because my eyes are slanted. I just think they are having a bad day.
I personally think my eyes are beautiful, btw.
That's fair, and I'd suspect nobody disagrees. There are numerous exercises created to help young people prepare for having children when they get older, like practicing with a pet, or that weird thing where they have a bag of flour and are made to carry it around everywhere and make sure it doesn't get damaged in any way.
But, in the context of this tangent, you said people who are too emotionally invested
should not be attempting a rational discussion on the subject. In this vein, people who
do have children shouldn't be discussing it, yet you've said the opposite, notably to batair in general and to numerous people in the 'spank debate' thread.
But, whatev, the following is what most interests me, to the point that I'm digging up a post from a year ago:
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Originally Posted by 5ive
wil,
Did your sociopolitical views change radically after your child was born?
That was right around the time you put me on ignore so I don't even know if you ever even saw it, but to tie this all together, yes, I'm aware people people can change greatly after having children.