Just because I am interested in something, doesn’t mean that someone else is. And, just because I'm not interested in something, doesn't mean that someone else isn't.
Is this really necessary to note?
Perhaps not. But, I do get the impression that this would be helpful for both parties—myself and someone else—to more fully recognize. We might think, for example, that we can't understand why someone else wouldn't be interested in something I'm really into. How could you not be, we might think (or, even say)? Almost as if it is an affront to me that someone else doesn't enjoy something I do. It actually is possible. To the degree that I like something; isn't it possible that someone else doesn't like it (or, at least, as much)?
Maybe it would help to turn it around. There are things that I really don't get; don't understand what the appeal of something is. And, yet, another person might be really into it.
What kinds of things are we actually discussing here? How would this apply to things decor? What about food? Or, entertainment? Travel? Forms of art? Use of time or money?
What about potentially more sensitive categories like health, personality, sex, or spirituality?
I don't really like it when someone is condescending to me, just because I don't particularly enjoy something they do. It is likely the same about something I am into (and they're not).
When we acknowledge that people are different, how comfortable are we really with the degree to which that is true? What about when that differentness feels like it impinges on me—either by lack of acceptance or imposition?
We might be surprised by how embedded just because is in the way we think about things or, perhaps more importantly, others.
