Everybody knows the top three moments in their lives that most affected them.

Rating: 10/10 (14 January 2006)

My number one moment was when I was seven years old. My parents suspected that I might be gay and had sat me down. I knew I was in trouble and I was crying, and my mom could barely speak and said, "I don't know what to say. I feel like crying too." And then they just looked down on me, barely managed to hold their tears, and let me cry.
But in those few moments I had a little meeting with myself, and I said to myself, "I have always been the same person. I may get older and wiser, but I bet I'll always BE the same person."
Another thing most adults remember is the moment when they realized that their parents weren't always right, and not right in a 'you can't have the candy now' kind of way but right in a 'wow - I'm more enlightened than my parents' kind of way. And I've asked friends about this and they remember being about 20 or so and passing up their dad in math or 25 and having a higher salary than their parents ever did or being 18 and their mom asking for relationship advice. Well that moment for me was the same moment, right there at seven.
As confident as I am about who I am, I can still identify with the main character and feel lucky that all that my parents did was sat down and watched me cry. Reading these reviews and seeing how many lives have been ruined in similar circumstances enrages me. Unfortunately the people who would most benefit from seeing this movie are the ones who don't want to see it: the ones who are ruining lives. But thankfully, the people whose lives could be ruined ARE seeing the movie. If this prevents just one child from being born into an unhealthy dishonest relationship then the world is that much better off.
I still am amazed at my insight at seven: I still sit down again for periodic meetings with myself and find that I'm exactly the same person with an expanded vocabulary and an older body.