Do you really want different perspectives or do you prefer other people voicing your own perspective back to you?

@Rokasu That is also true, and it depends on which of our beliefs are getting triggered and how much ego we still have around some things.
But it is also true that as we mature, we're more allowing, less fragile in our egos and more willing to learn. Maturing is nothing to do with biological age.

@SW-User I think there's a willingness to listen/accept but in the end we'd rather not hear that perspective in the first place.

Doesn't mean we can't be polite enough to let it roll over us. Spose it ultimately depends on how much you want the conflict.

@Rokasu When you feel secure in your own beliefs and understand that multiple realities can co-exist, you let curiosity take over that ego of only one truth concept and from that space there is a willingness to listen and understand other realities without the need to update/upgrade/downgrade ours.

@SW-User Yeah there's that too. I spose that's more the feeling I get these days than one of conflict. More so the whole "Put yourself in their shoes" vibe.

Never fun when you feel like you're walking on egg shelves for the reciprocal though.

@Rokasu It's what makes me go silent so often... the whole feeling of walking on eggshells with people.