Do You admit to your mistakes?
By winterose
@winterose (39887)
Canada
March 21, 2007 7:06pm CST
I will admit to my mistakes only when I can see for myself that I truly did make a mistake,
I have friends that will apologize for everything even when they are not wrong.
I also have friends that will deny they are ever wrong,
and friends who will justify their errors by saying "oh that wasn't a mistake, it's no big deal"
and some that will try to pass the buck,
"yea well you did that too!
So do you own your mistakes and admit them,
refuse to admit them
point out others who make mistakes to take the heat off of you
admit to making the mistake even when you didn't
or laugh it off and say chill out man this is no big deal.
Now I know it is situational, but I am asking you in general what kind of person are you.
It is important to know the type of person you are, it is important to know yourself.
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@villageanne (8553)
• United States
22 Mar 07
I am always the first to admit to my mistakes. I woked for a man once that told me to remind him to never have an affair with me because I would admit it to my husband as soon as I did it. LOL
@Grandmaof2 (7579)
• Canada
22 Mar 07
I think I know myself fairly well. I don't think I'd exactely go around telling everyone I screwed up, but most definately if you approached me and asked me if I said or did whatever and I had in fact done so , Yes I would fess up. The reason I would tell the truth is because there is absolutely nothing I hate more than someone who flat out lies to me. That bothers me terribly.
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@ChrisRock619 (1040)
• United States
22 Mar 07
I think weither everyone wants to admit it or not everyones used the "well you did it to" or "what I did wasn't as bad as what you did" comments just so they don't look as bad. They might not do it all the time but I know that everyone has at least done that a few times. I normally always try to own up to what I do wrong and if I know I'm wrong I'll most certainly admit it and be prepared to try and make things right again.
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@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
22 Mar 07
I admit my mistakes. And I'll apologize only if I am truly sorry.I don't past the buck or try to ease out of it.I don't point out mistakes others make.
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@dfinster (3528)
• United States
23 Mar 07
I definatley admit my mistakes if I'm really wrong. I may not want to or admit it right away, but I always do admit a mistake that I've made and apologize to try to correct it. It really bothers me when someone knows they did something wrong and say nothing. It's like they don't care enough about the other person to give them the respect of righting the situation.
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@monkeywriter (2004)
• United States
23 Mar 07
I would admit I am wrong. I do this. My parents never. I have that guilty complex so I am always feeling guilty about something. Truly. Am I? No! Do I feel it? Yeah. So truly I do admit if I am wrong. I try. And I say I am sorry. Never mattered growing up with my parents though. Everyone else gets that I am truly sorry when I say it.
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@Lavera1 (896)
• United States
22 Mar 07
I try most of the time, winterose, to admit to my mistakes. But sometimes I just hate being nagged everyday and at little things you know what I mean.
I'm not perfect and I try sometimes to overlook little things. Like maybe, the toilet seat being left up or the toilet paper being turned the opposite way that I like it turned.
If we're looking for perfect people then we're just gonna be miserable people on this earth because there just aren't any.
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@bluemestizo (429)
• United States
22 Mar 07
Depends on my mistakes yes I do admit to them. I don't see any use for blaming others or making silly excuses for what people do that's wrong.
@andreaskye (390)
• United States
22 Mar 07
I admit my mistakes and it is truly not that hard for me to do. Don't know why.
It seems to clear the air for everyone when I say, I was wrong. In fact I will do it when I do not feel I was wrong nor should apologize to avoid conflict.
I guess my sibmissive nature.
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@mariflo25 (16)
• Philippines
22 Mar 07
it isnt really that hard admitting it was your fault afterall..it wasnt that bad.
@Ynefz0r (832)
• Finland
22 Mar 07
I only say i am sorry when it keeps bugging me for more than 24 hours. If it's gone by then it will usually not come back and i can forget about it. Even when i hurt people with what i say or do, when it doesn't annoy me it's all good because i feel i have done the right thing and i usually trust my feelings. I am not afraid of saying sorry when i really mean it. I like to sort things out fast :P
@hellboi (661)
• Philippines
22 Mar 07
Yeah I do, our being humans carries with it some imperfections that we cannot avoid to cause some mistakes in the choices we make everyday. But the thing is, we should be mature enough to admit our mistakes and not point fingers to others. It is only through acknowledging our mistakes that we truly learn from them and be able to correct them to mitigate their unwanted effects.
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@wifeofharvey (1156)
• United States
22 Mar 07
I absolutely will admit when I am wrong, I think it is only fair to others to do so. It also is healing to both myself and others when there has been hurt caused. No matter what is being discussed I do know deep within myself that the possiblility of being wrong exists, I think this helps keep me from being to self-righteous.
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@neglitex (347)
• Latvia
22 Mar 07
It's totally lame not to admit your mistakes. When I understand that I'm wrong about something I agree with it and thats it. It's kind of annoying when some other person do not admits his mistakes and you just keep and keep telling him he is wrong!!
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