Why does the passing of time usually make bad things seem less bad?

[TheLittleFaerie]

Why is it the further in the past a bad thing happened the less sever it seems to be?

Like if you're a 9 year old kid and you break your mother's best china dish and hide the fact and she finds out a few days later, she's probably gonna be REALLY MAD, you're probably gonna get punished, lectured, etc..... BUT if you're now 29 and your mom finds out that you broke her plate 20 years ago and hid it from her, she's likely not gonna be mad, in fact she might even LAUGH about it

[Caroline13]

Originally Posted by TheLittleFaerie

Why is it the further in the past a bad thing happened the less sever it seems to be?

Like if you're a 9 year old kid and you break your mother's best china dish and hide the fact and she finds out a few days later, she's probably gonna be REALLY MAD, you're probably gonna get punished, lectured, etc..... BUT if you're now 29 and your mom finds out that you broke her plate 20 years ago and hid it from her, she's likely not gonna be mad, in fact she might even LAUGH about it

You spend time thinking about this??? Change and Time Are Constant.

[Dude111]

Yup they sure are

[TheLittleFaerie]

Originally Posted by Caroline13

You spend time thinking about this??? Change and Time Are Constant.

Huh? Yeah just curious, thought I'd put it in the ChitChat forum where I see sillier, more random things than THIS posted

[Caroline13]

Originally Posted by TheLittleFaerie

Huh? Yeah just curious, thought I'd put it in the ChitChat forum where I see sillier, more random things than THIS posted

There are many things posted that are silly but what you posted is just "what happens:,,,,Life.....

[Babalu]

Originally Posted by TheLittleFaerie

Why is it the further in the past a bad thing happened the less sever it seems to be?

Like if you're a 9 year old kid and you break your mother's best china dish and hide the fact and she finds out a few days later, she's probably gonna be REALLY MAD, you're probably gonna get punished, lectured, etc..... BUT if you're now 29 and your mom finds out that you broke her plate 20 years ago and hid it from her, she's likely not gonna be mad, in fact she might even LAUGH about it

Comedy = Tragedy + Time

[TheLittleFaerie]

Originally Posted by Caroline13

There are many things posted that are silly but what you posted is just "what happens:,,,,Life.....

Yeah duh, and I wonder WHY life is as it is sometimes.... I'm curious as to why if my friend stole 20$ from me yesterday I would be p*ssed off, BUT if my friend told me he stole 20$ from me 15 years ago, I wouldn't be SO upset