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Philippines
November 23, 2012 10:57am CST
...so I'm gonna kill some time here on the net especially on myLot. Writing might help with the little depression I am feeling. Today I was called someone with a bad character by someone I used to be close with for almost two years. What made me a bad character in his opinion was that I exposed his lies to his now ex girlfriend after which the latter told me she was pregnant and he was the father. He told me I stuck a knife in his back for exposing him but that I he had forgiven me a long time ago and that I actually did him a big favor because he wasn't in love with the now ex girlfriend and didn't have any plans to marry her nor even let the baby use his last name in the birth certificate. I know I can't trust the twisted perception of someone who cheated and led a girl on for a long time. But I can't somehow grasp how he could call me a bad character as if he was that faultless on his own. How have you dealt with other people's maligned judgment of you in the past?
7 responses
• United States
23 Nov 12
Actually it is pretty easy for me to handle judgements cause it gives me the option to rethink everything ! Sometimes I see that I was wrong and it gives me the chance to apologize ! When I think I am right I have the chance to prove it! When the person don't give me the chance I still have the choice to mark him/her of my ever known list. And it's really working good for me
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• Philippines
24 Nov 12
Oh yes I have been rethinking a lot about what he said about me being a bad character. I think some people just bring out the not so good qualities in us and some effortlessly are sunshine and don't give us headaches. It is those difficult relationships that we learn the most from.
• United States
25 Nov 12
Elenakat, I have a similar problem. I do think sometimes I give people to much power because I am afraid of them not liking me. I think you just have to realize that the only person you can control is yourself. If you like yourself, you will take away a lot of the power that others hold over our heads.
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• United States
24 Nov 12
Yes one of my daughters is trying very hard to be the loveliest person on earth that makes her really sweet but she is doing it cause she can't handle the pain that somebody could say I don't like you. It will alway give people in life that don't like you no matter how nice you are But she really has a hard time with it
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@aireanna18 (1914)
• United States
25 Nov 12
joliefille, I would say first let's examine the fallacies of your friends words. He said you were a bad character, but you did him a favor. First of all, I think that only someone with a good character would do a favor for someone else. Secondly, he said that he had forgiven you, and if that was true he would not need to attack you for your actions. I think you just need to stand firm in your belief that you did the right thing. You were put into an ethical hard spot by your friend, and you made the decision that your conscious said that you could live with the only choice that you could have done and still lived with yourself. Now, I am guessing that your friend feels guilty and is lashing out. Do not let him put that guilt on you. It was his choices that got him into the mess. It is not on you. The only circumstance that I have ever had was at work with a colleague where she told me she was planning on butting into a confidential matter. It went something like this that she planned to share confidential information about a student with someone that did not have a need to know. Her rationale was that the other person knew the family, and she wanted the party that had no right to the confidential information to contact the family to find out what was going on with this student. It was a sticky situation. The only thing I said to her was you have to be careful because of confidentiality. She still did not get it, so I walked away. Later that day, I did what I had to do. That was I told the supervisor. I had no choice. Well, the supervisor decided to just tell us both at the end of the day blanket statement about confidentiality and that if things were not kept confidential that was grounds for discipline including dismissal. The supervisor had privately told me not to worry about it, so I sat there knowing what she was referring, but it was a little like why couldn't you just pull her aside and address this one on one with that person. When the supervisor left the room, the person confronted me stating that she did not appreciate me sharing her business with the supervisor. All I said was that if she wanted to discuss it that we could go talk to the principal about the matter. Trust me, it took all my conviction of knowing I did the right thing to stand my ground.
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• Philippines
25 Nov 12
Thanks for your comforting words. Exactly. His words were so contradictory after 8 months. I sat thinking how callous he can be not to own up to his mistake. How hard can it be to admit one's obvious mistake? Prior to his reply, I had told him that even though he said before that he made a bad judgment with me (because I spilled the truth to someone else), I did not think in the same manner towards him. I still believed he had a potential to be better. That was all I really wanted to tell him. I did not say sorry for exposing him before because like you said I did feel I did at the time what was required of me - honesty and detaching myself from a lie he made me a part of.
• United States
30 Nov 12
Definitely, he put you in the bad situation. I hope you will find better friends in the future and try not to dwell on this friend that has hurt you so much. I know it is difficult. I have had friends pick fights with me to the point that I snapped at them. Then, they emotionally black mailed me into appologizing to them. So, I can understand the pain that so called friends like this can cause you. I wish you better days and hapiness in the future.
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@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
23 Nov 12
He will regret not acknowledging the child he sired especially if the child become a popular public figure when he grows up. You have done justice to his helpless ex by exposing him as the co-owner of the unborn child. He is a coward and thinks that he can escape the responsibility by his denial.I do understand the hurt you're going through being misjudged by this person. Just ignore it as long as your consciousness is clear.
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• Philippines
23 Nov 12
I feel that too, and that his own kid will give him a lesson in the future.
@Cutie18f (9551)
• Philippines
23 Nov 12
I can just imagine what name he is using. Yes, forget what he said, he's a loser anyway and just keep on sharing and posting your feelings and ideas and watch your earnings grow.
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• Philippines
23 Nov 12
Oh yes I will watch my earnings grow as much as my understanding with different kinds of people. Yes, I had forgiven him a long time ago too. Until now I can't believe someone who's 37 still has that line of thinking.
@prashu228 (37525)
• India
23 Nov 12
hi that's so sad. But dont let the thing to disturb you .Calm your selves and spend sometime on something useful.
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• Philippines
23 Nov 12
Thank you. I feel better that I still am alive and have a purpose. Time heals all wounds.
• United States
25 Nov 12
Have you ever heard of projection? That's when a person sees their own faults in other people instead of in themselves. In time, if he sees the situation clearly, he will probably regret saying that to you. Unfortunately, since the problem is between him and his ex-girlfriend, when he does see the error, he will probably focus on her instead of what he said about you. There's not much you can do. You can write him a heartfelt note about how you feel. You can offer to help this ex-girlfriend who is in a scary situation. Or you can move on from the drama and focus on yourself.
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• United States
30 Nov 12
You make a good point that this person was projecting their emotions and especially their anger at an innocent bystander. It is probably difficult because this person feels guilty that they did not decide to do the right thing. So they are lashing out at the person that did what they should have done in the first place. Writing a letter may help you to find some closure. I do think in this situation that the person will most likely continue to attack you. So, maybe write the letter of what you wish you could say, but do not send it. Then, it may be wisest to decide to avoid this person. You do not deserve to be attacked in this manner.
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@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
26 Nov 12
I guess that I have to consider myself to be pretty lucky because of the fact that I really haven't encountered a lot of people that have had this kind of lack in judgement. With that said, there have still been some people that I have encountered in my life that have serious miscomings when it came to their character and when I see that there are people that are behaving that way on a regular basis, I remove those people from my life.
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