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Originally Posted by John Doe
You have no idea how your mind would or wouldn't change if you had three kids tomorrow--use your logic to figure this out spock.
We are all familiar with your 'casino' anecdotes and stoic theories preference of dogs over kids, ect... I guess life must have really kicked you in the nuts to have so ****ty an outlook. I suspect if you would have grown up like I did, you would not have such a pessimistic view of everything.
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Well, so far I have resisted any temptations to change sides just because I am now getting the short end of the stick and for very important things in my life so why should kids be any different? I am talking about things I have been wanting desperately for over 30 yrs. I understood then why it was so difficult to achieve and I never once changed my mind about why it needed to be so difficult. This was when I was trying to achieve it and it would have made my life much easier if things had gone a different way. I never once wished it could be easier. I just understood why it needed to be that way.
I would say I grew up like you probably did, more or less. Once I was on my own, I learnt from the skool of hard knocks about how wonderful people are. But to give you a clearer picture of it, I have grown up watching others say "no" to one thing today because it is beneficial to them to say "no" and tomorrow, when things change and it is beneficial for them to switch sides, their answer is now "yes". Never liked that and probably never will.
So let me ask you this. Do you switch sides just because today you are getting the short end of the stick with that stand and tomorrow, if things reverse, your position is switched again? For example, if today you felt that kids who steal should go to jail along with their parents. Tomorrow you kid gets busted for stealing. Would you switch positions if it would get you out of hot water?