How does one do this or something like this? Understanding a difference of opinion, that is healthy. Understanding something that leads a person to their conclusion, to their stand on an issue, that is healthy.
Take saving for retirement as an example. One person saves quite a bit, they, as some say, pay themselves first. Another person saves less being sure they will be covered by Social Security or a government pension. Or perhaps buying a car. To one a new car is reliable. To another, a car without 60,000 miles on it is just getting broken in and it is a great time to buy a car and use it for years. Largely which decision is made is a personal decision. When they talk about it both ways of making a choice, which one is “better” well, they can disagree and they can agree to disagree. In fact, they probably do disagree on the two.
In truth, I do not understand things that are big things to decide on. Take the elections of Obama and Trump, we did not disagree on those races, we agreed on the matter. I am referring to my wife here, we agreed on these issues and cannot understand agreeing to disagree. On something important. Something of less important, like what food to consume as an example, we do disagree.
If you are in a situation where you are in the position of having to agree to disagree, can you explain it to me? The only explanation I have is one person asserting, well they do not wish to talk about it anymore, they cannot get an agreement and a “agree to disagree” is a way of avoiding the discussion.
I am truly curious about this issue. See the stamp below to send me a letter rather than explaining it here.
-— MichaelRpdx
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