Mouth Agape
By Amber
@AmbiePam (91267)
United States
July 9, 2024 12:48pm CST
Have you ever heard someone give advice to another person, criticizing their choices, and your mouth just drops because of their own decisions are so questionable? Or, someone tells you how to run your country, and you think, oh boy, you’re criticizing where I live when your own place is falling apart? I do not want to be like that, and I hope I’m not. But the lack of self-awareness is shocking sometimes. I’m thinking of a family member who discusses how negative their own relative is, and I can’t fathom how she doesn’t understand that relative picked it up from her. No one is about to point that out, of course. And the shame is that yes, they are both negative, but if you give them a chance, they are good people to know. But who wants to hear that over unwarranted criticism?
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@snowy22315 (179131)
• United States
9 Jul
Some people are just ruled by their own frustration.
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@GardenGerty (160339)
• United States
10 Jul
Before you tell your neighbor to remove the speck from his eye, you should take the beam from yours. Rough GardenGerty Bible quote. It seems very much human nature.
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@snowy22315 (179131)
• United States
10 Jul
I was thinking of that very same quote Heather.
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. Maybe it's a self esteem thing - that they have to point out the negative in someone first - before someone points it out in them.
@wolfgirl569 (104582)
• Marion, Ohio
10 Jul
I have a cousin who criticizes everything. Especially the way I dress sometimes 
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@RasmaSandra (79026)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
9 Jul
I think constantly being negative is such a waster of time, No matter what goes on or how I feel I always look toward the positive side of things,
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@1creekgirl (41279)
• United States
10 Jul
My mother was like that. She had this "poor, delicate disposition that couldn't bear to be harshly spoken to", but would cut you in a heartbeat. Everyone was intimidated by her except one aunt who saw through her.
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@Marilynda1225 (82472)
• United States
10 Jul
Everyone here seemed to say everything I was going to say
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@aninditasen (16329)
• Raurkela, India
10 Jul
I think it's better to take your decision as rarely these days, especially family members are your well wishers and misguide.
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@LindaOHio (175397)
• United States
10 Jul
Usually the ones that criticize are much worse themselves. Have a good day.
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