Do you find people AREN'T EVER as open minded as they claim to be?

Question

Does it annoy you when people say they are all open minded and accepting of things, and a soon as you tell them something controversial, they FREAK out with the "NO! That's not how it is!"

For example, say you and your friend eat yogurt ONLY every thursday at 10AM. You ask your friend one day if they'd be open to trying something else one thursday, instead of yogurt. And they say, "Sure!" So you bring in cottage cheese for them to try and they kind of loose it! They are like, "Where is the yogurt. I don't like cottage cheese." And you say, "But, have you ever tried it...?" And they say, "No"... yet they continue to be unwilling to try it....

That I mean. People who say they are open minded ... just don't tend to be and they only way you can know for sure is to try and see how open they are... What are your thoughts on that?

Answer 1

Yes, from experience I've realized that most people who say they're open minded really aren't. If you were really as open minded as you say you are, you should at least TRY something out, or tell the person you're with that you tried it before and politely turn it down. No need to get all crazy and all against it. And there's no need to be rude when someone out of the norm comes over to you and acts "different". Be what you say you are and be nice or realize that people are all different.

I feel like TRUE open minders are the last of a dying breed...

Answer 2

I agree my father says he is open minded all the time, but then will refuse to meet my boyfriend or something stupid like that!

Answer 3

oh no doubt. That's called being "open selective".

Answer 4

I definitely agree with you, people tend to say theyre openminded but as soon as it comes close to home they react a different way then they showed before. Its the same as someone saying they accept homosexuals but the minute they find out their kid is one, it becomes unacceptable.

Answer 5

My thoughts are that you spend way too much time on this silly question.

People feel what they feel.

Answer 6

Maybe you understand the word open-minded as meaning more open-minded than just enough open-minded to be considered open-minded by the average person.

Answer 7

Open minded and open mouthed are different...haha.

I guess when people say they are open minded they are referring to a specific thing, not completely open minded about absolutely everything.