Does Anybody...

[nailit]

here become more cynical as they get older?
I think I certainley do.

[Prudie]

I may be being a bit cynical but doesn't everybody? :-)

[boxtops]

We all learn from the experiences life has thrown at us, which does tend to get rid of any earlier naivety.

[Sycamore3House]

Yes I think I am very cynical. But it may just be life experience that also makes you that way.

[Mamyalynne]

I am far more clued up and less reckless than in my youth - Cynical? not sure,possibly a little.

[Tilly2]

I've become more cynical over posts in 'Relationships and Dating.'

[agchristie]

I do, all about life's experiences and how predictable so many things are. Curiously, people are often said to 'mellow' with age!

[bookbinder]

Couldn't have put it better myself, boxtops. I am certainly older, if not actually old. Experience of life is a factor in becoming cynical.

[maggiebee]

When younger I took things at face value but question a lot more now. I do think I'm more laid back though..... life's too short to worry about things you'll never change.

[seadogg]

Depends on the situation. We are open hearted to genuine folk and hard as nails with people trying to con us (like the guy who tried to sell a new drive today at 50% off (what????).

As you get older its natural that you learn to spot the bad guys but cynicism as a way of life- never!

[jourdain2]

My first reaction is always to accept people at face-value (politicians excepted), but I have learned to be cautious as to how far I trust them and admit them into my confidence. It is, sadly, experience and realising that I was open, others weren't.

[anneasquith]

no, I'm the sweet little I've always been :) x

[Psybbo]

Sweet little what, Anne??

[B00]

Cynical or bitter? Either way, yes absolutely.

[anneasquith]

ooft...............' girl ' :)

[Psybbo]

Maybe I've been lucky, learned a few hard lessons in late teens early twenties so I've been wary but have often been surprised by lovely people

[Obiter]

I was born cynical and during the course of my life have developed it to a fine art.

[Baldric]

I always take things with a pinch of Salt, trust like most things worthwhile
has to be earned!

[woofgang]

I don't think I have got more cynical. When you have learned more, you tend to know how things will turn out when its not going to be good. But that's knowledge, not cynicism.

[Prudie]

Yes it is knowledge and experience. It's the young who call it cynicism...