Are you judgmental?

When you meet someone for the first time, it is quite easy to form an impression - I wouldn't call it a judgement- which turns out to be wrong when you actually get to know them.

I think that folk our age are far more likely to be wrongly judged as, say boring, when we are nothing of the sort. Older folk are in fact generally quite interesting because of all their varied life experiences, even if we all look grey, wrinkly and probably boring.

I used to be quite judgemental I think. Lately, I have been less so (I hope). I have had a lot of bad things happen in my life which have made me a dithering wreck from time to time. I probably look to the outside world like someone who can't cope at times when I have actually coped with more than they will every know. I try to think people are a product of their life experiences. Walk a mile in someone else's shoes is a good expression. Of course as people have said above, it's harad not to be judgemental in some cases.

I agree with Baggs we all make judgements about people all the time. It's what we base it on that counts. Is it evidence ( as in the two examples she gives) or just based on prejudice such as 'he's covered in tattoos/black' therefore......'. If I see people on TV outside an abortion clinic shouting at staff/women going in, I judge them very very harshly indeed. Why would I not?

When I see someone dropping litter, I think: Slob! When I see someone being kind to another, I think: Good for you. All this is judgment.

Yes, of course I'm judgmental. I make judgments about things and people all the time, necessarily. So long as most of the judgments are either positive or neutral, it doesn't matter except to me and how I approach the world.

I'd hazard a guess that most social animals are very judgmental in the way I've outlined. They have to be. It's part of the skill set necessary to coping in a social group. I consider a negative judgment about a yob engaging in yobbish behaviour to be very important to my safety, for instance. It's an avoid! warning.

I think I can say all people are worthy of my interest Kitty until they prove they are not

I try not to be but I'm sure I slip up sometimes.