Do views change over a period about a relative most hated?

@akpay22 (131)
India
September 22, 2008 11:45pm CST
Has it ever happened to you? You do not like a particular relative of your be it his mannerisms , or nature or anything. But then there is an incident or a series of incidents that leads to a change of opinion. Hatred reduces and you look at that person from a completely different perspective. Have your views changed?
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• United States
23 Sep 08
I simply do not like one of my relatives because of how she treats my mother. Something bad happened to my mother's mom when she was my age (23) and this relative treats her like crap. My mom had nothing to do with what happened, and yet, she still labels her. So, as long as she still treats her really horrible, I won't change my views. I think that my mom deserves to be treated with respect, and she's just not getting it at all.
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@scorpio19 (1363)
23 Sep 08
This happens alot in my family we are always falling out and hate one another, then like you say something happens and we all love one another.
@lucky_witch (2707)
• Philippines
23 Sep 08
Well yes. You made me smle with this discussion. Actually, I really dont like this girl even the first time that I see her. She is the wife of my cousin. I don't know why I don't like here. My blood boils when I see her. Its not that she is bad. She didn't even do anything bad to me. Its just that IO find her a bit snob and arrogant. But later on,after being given a chance to be with her... after being with her for such a short time, I begin to know her well. Since then, things have changed. We've been good friends...
@tryxiness (4544)
• Philippines
23 Sep 08
Hello. Change is inevitable. Anyways, it has happened to me, and somehow I realized maybe I have changed a lot too. In a way, among relatives there is maturity already in a different level where your opinion of one person tends to change, and seeing that person in a different light.
@Barbietre (1438)
• United States
23 Sep 08
I only dislike people who have done something bad to me personally, I do not dislike them for any other reason. So if they have done something bad it would take an awful lot of pentenance on their part for me to rethink my feelings.