I used to be very much a Nurture-side of the debate while I was still a psych major. Knowing my bio-family has swung me over to the Nature side. Then, learning the family histories of my two sweeties, I have now firmly planted myself on the fence :-D
I believe now that our environment gives us the situations that mold us, but our genetics give us the tools we will use in those situations.
The only thing that knowing my bio-family has taught me is that so much of who I am *is* ingrained and not learned, but that is not the case with either of my two sweeties, as they seem to be nothing like their family and much of who they are was learned through experience. But I had already started learning the Nature lesson about me through my exploration of BDSM, of all things. But I do admit to being fascinated at the confirmation :-)
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I believe now that our environment gives us the situations that mold us, but our genetics give us the tools we will use in those situations.
The only thing that knowing my bio-family has taught me is that so much of who I am *is* ingrained and not learned, but that is not the case with either of my two sweeties, as they seem to be nothing like their family and much of who they are was learned through experience. But I had already started learning the Nature lesson about me through my exploration of BDSM, of all things. But I do admit to being fascinated at the confirmation :-)