Have you ever changed your mind?
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yup - as a teenager I was fairly homophobic if I'm honest, I was trained as a dancer and felt branded as 'gay'.  however by about 20 years I'd seen enough scientific evidence and met several gay men in the profession to change my mind.  It's not their fault, it's in their genetic make-up, they have to live with that too, it's not a choice they make.  However, I still wish they wouldn't be so stroppy!! it's a characteristic I've come to laugh at from time to time, you can stop them from a mile away just from the disturbance!  I don't envy them at all, glad I'm straight, got married and had kids.  There are worse people in the world (like religious folk in cults, like Christianity etc)...
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Indeed I have...\n\nloud? yes.\n\npainful? a little.\n\nmessy? thank goodness no.
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I think I'd make myself even more willing to accept changes in my life when they were logical, practical and oftentimes necessary. It may be a stereotype, but sometimes I get the feeling that women don't accept change in their lives quite as well as men. In particular, I'm thinking of my wife! But actually that balances out our marriage quite well, because I'm always looking for new ideas to make things go easier in life, and sometimes I jump on the latest fad a little too quickly without trying it out a little first. She is more conservative and wants to wait longer before agreeing to make a change in our lives.
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I think this requires a great deal more than just changing someones beliefs. You have to get them to see that what you are saying is in thier best interest, and not just a selfish change that you want them to make to meet your personal need. But, on a root level I do agree you do have to get them to believe they need to change.
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we have, several times\n\nmaybe it's time for them to shut their mouths and pull their weight
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I agree wholeheartedly with Dana.  Not usually a good choice, and the cost to change your mind is pretty steep!
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Yes.\n\nI've read your questions.\n\nPlease don't ever change.
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That didn't happen from one day to another for me, it was actually a long process. I was taught to believe, so it was a bit hard to get confident enough to tell my parents I didn't believe at all. The day came though, and I felt comfortable, I felt I was being honest with my parents, they didn’t like the idea and still today try to convince me to change my mind, but they somehow have accepted the idea.\n\nNow in society, the first years as atheist/agnostic were hard, people would question my belief and told me I'd go to hell, it wasn't very nice, I had a feeling that those people didn't understand me and didn’t even try to understand me, I didn't want people to go mad at me but, at the same time, I didn't want to be an hypocrite. Now, several years after that, I feel comfortable admitting I am atheist/agnostic and if someone tells me that I'll go to hell, it has no effect on me anymore. I know I'm being completely honest about my thoughts and feelings and if someone doesn't want to accept that, it's up to them.\n\nAt this point in my life I could say I feel free to live my life according to my own philosophy of life and not to imposed rules and beliefs, and that’s liberating and gives me a lot of satisfaction and a sense of freedom.
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yep...all the time when i was young.\n\nwhen someone would ask me that, i always said yes. then they'd just look at me wierd, in a mean way.\n\nnow i know to say "no, i don't mind." =]
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Wow, what a convincing argument.\n\nI'm now a convert.  I believe.
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all american rejects  change your mind
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YES I WOULD BE HURT AND I WOULD ASK WHY THEY CHANGED THEIR MINDS
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I did.\n\nMy marriage was in danger of falling over.\n\nIf a person is truly committed, they will do this. At the very least, go for yourself and clarify things in your mind.
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If you choose not to decide you still have made a choice
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They have changed  their mind about you, that's all.
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Saku r\nFirst you need change your mind, put into it a new life plan.\nSecond. You need know a new places, other persons.\n Is necessary change your stile of life and thinkings and feeling.
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:I'm sure I do, let me think...\noh yes, I was changing diapers!