Do you usually jump to conclusions or assume things?

United States
March 3, 2012 6:23am CST
I try my best not to do this. It seems that when we do these types of these it only causes more problems. It brings rifts in between relationship. So I try to give a person the chance to explain things. I also try to avoid gossip because this creates a lot of trouble and there's always two sides to a story.
4 responses
@megamatt (14292)
• United States
5 Mar 12
Sadly yes, there have been a time or two where I have jumped to a conclusion before I should have. And they were lessons that were most painfully learned. Rather important lessons yes, but there were just some times where it is sadly very human to really think that something is the truth. Of course, you never know what might happen. Person A might be right, person B might be right, or both of them might be absolutely in the wrong or right. There are many sides to any story. I try and remain a neutral party when I can, because I tend to think that any time I am getting a story about something that happened, I am getting an extremely filtered and altered version of the truth. At least that is where I stand with things. There are times where people tend to tell tales of the most absurd to try and bury the reputation of a person and getting caught up in that is something that I want no part of whatsoever.
• United States
5 Mar 12
I agree with you on this too. It really isn't a good thing for us to jump to conclusions. Because a lot of the time the things we think may be in correct. And when people tell us things we are hearing just one side to the story. It's best to know both sides. And if we can't get both sides of the story then we should just leave it alone and not make any judgement calls. It is sad that others do go through so much trouble to try and damage a person's reputation. Once a person's reputation is damaged it is hard to undue the damage. So like you I try and stay out of things like that, I don't like to get caught up in the middle. There are too many things that I have going on in my life that I need to worry about.
@shrike (123)
• Philippines
3 Mar 12
hi! i often jump in conclusion before that cause me lot of problems, it brings pain also that's why i try my best to avoid doing it. for me, there's no other way to solve it but by talking it to the person involve. you are right. always give that person benefit of the doubt. to explain himself because nothing knows the truth than that person itself. or if the person seems not telling the truth, i find it myself.
• United States
6 Mar 12
Yeah it is definitely a good thing to talk to the person involved. That way things are open and we are able to talk with them about what is going on. So I try to avoid jumping to conclusions as well. it's just not a good thing to do. And if others realize it then it can cause problems in our relationships.
@GemmaR (8517)
3 Mar 12
I think that there are a lot of people who will jump to conclusions with everything in their life, and they will get themselves into a lot of trouble and unnecessary stress if they continue to do this. One of the most important things because making a decision about something is looking at all of the evidence that is available to you, and this means that you should be able to make an informed choice about what you believe in. I used to jump to conclusions a lot, but then realised that it was often quite upsetting to do so as it caused arguments, so it is something that I have tried to stop doing now.
• United States
6 Mar 12
Jumping to conclusions definitely leads to stress. A lot of it that is unnecessary. So it's good to avoid it all together. Looking at the evidence is necessary as well. I too try to avoid doing this. Pretty much all the time jumping to conclusions can cause problems.
@WakeUpKitty (8694)
• Netherlands
3 Mar 12
About a lot things I have my own opion. Based on the many different kind of educations I have, the travels I made, the people I met, the jobs I did, my own (mostly far of great) life experiences. I don't believe at once what people tell me so I invest or ask further if there is something I have doubts about or don't understand. I can't stand gossiping or so called social chats about nothing so try to stay away from it. To me not the words people say but the way they say it, their body language, the sound of their voice is way more important. I like to observe that.
• United States
6 Mar 12
It is a good idea to ask questions we we don't know about something. It really does show that we don't want to just assume anything. Yeah gossiping really doesn't get a person anywhere but in trouble. It is crazy how many people love to do it. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.