2006-10-21 02:02:21 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Sociology
Nope, more fun no problems, life is good.
2006-10-21 02:12:54 · answer #1 · answered by Chri R 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
For me yes, although I think that I'm kind of a realistic optimist than the naive optimist I once was. If people lost all of their optimism than I think that life would become too hard, but as we get older I think that, while we stay optimistic (for the most part), we become much more realistic in our optimism.
2006-10-22 12:42:35 · answer #2 · answered by bashleyf2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are about the same, if you were optimistic about stuff when younger it sticks with you and I would imagine the same is true for the realistic or some might say pessimistic. It probably goes back to the days when your mother breast fed you, if the timing was perfect and the bottle full then you turned out to be an optimist if the opposite occurred then you are a pessimist but if a little of either one was the case then you are a realist. So blame whatever you are on your mother and chances are she was the same as you so if you do blame her then you are also blaming yourself.
2006-10-21 09:14:22 · answer #3 · answered by Mr. PDQ 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'd say that in some respects, I've gotten *more* optimistic as I've gotten older.
When I was younger, if something bad happened (e.g., I failed a test, got fired from a job, got left by a lover), I sometimes had a hard time believing things would get better again. After a serious setback, I'd go through a period during which I thought I'd never again be happy.
But after enough life experience, it became obvious that things *do* get better again after disappointments, heartaches, losses, illnesses, etc.
So now during the bad times, I'm usually able to remind myself that I've come through bad times before and found joy again on the other side.
2006-10-21 10:16:13 · answer #4 · answered by tink_mcd 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Realistically i get more optimistic
2006-10-21 09:10:30 · answer #5 · answered by Christ 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, let's say that one attains more perspective, rather than realism. The old (like myself) are as easily deluded as the young, and our "realism" is as tinged with wishful thinking ... how else explain the primacy of GWB?
The difference is in the delusions, I believe. The young believe they will have "potential" and "destiny" and "love" and all those other vibrant things. The old believe they will have "comfort" and "security" and "safety".
But it is the same world that both regard, is it not? So which is more realistic? Which is less wishful thinking?
You picks your poison, in this saloon of life. Wear those rose-coloured glasses, if you like. Or regard the world in shades of gray. Just don't start to believe everything you see, in either case.
2006-10-21 09:10:21 · answer #6 · answered by Grendle 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, what is realism but the acceptance of evidence? However, I am still as optimistic as ever I was, only it's tempered by experience.
2006-10-21 09:04:25 · answer #7 · answered by His Best Girl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps as you get older you have more real world experiences upon which to base your thinking and reasoning abilities.
2006-10-21 09:15:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Of course, unfortunetly the Rose Colored Glasses that you look at life through when you are young become very faded in time.
2006-10-21 09:05:13 · answer #9 · answered by DeltaQueen 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes, because you have a lot of bad experiences and learn that no matter what you do, things can go wrong.
2006-10-21 09:04:12 · answer #10 · answered by Clown Knows 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋