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We've all heard the jokes and complaints about men who are too stubborn to admit when they're wrong, apologize for their mistakes, or even stop to ask for directions. But how common is this trait among women? I've met some women who'll make a mistake and never even say sorry. They'll gloss over it and pretend like nothing happened. Is that hard for some women to admit when they're wrong or that they screwed up?
We've all heard the jokes and complaints about men who are too stubborn to admit when they're wrong, apologize for their mistakes, or even stop to ask for directions. But how common is this trait among women? I've met some women who'll make a mistake and never even say sorry. They'll gloss over it and pretend like nothing happened. Is that hard for some women to admit when they're wrong or that they screwed up?
My husband says I do this....but he's wrong.......
My father is absolutely horrible about admitting when he's wrong. Which is why he's single right now I think. Even when he sort of admits it, he still tries to blame someone else somehow. My s.o. gets almost offensive when he admits he's wrong. I'll admit when I think I'm wrong most of the time, I don't have too much of a problem with it.
We've all heard the jokes and complaints about men who are too stubborn to admit when they're wrong, apologize for their mistakes, or even stop to ask for directions. But how common is this trait among women? I've met some women who'll make a mistake and never even say sorry. They'll gloss over it and pretend like nothing happened. Is that hard for some women to admit when they're wrong or that they screwed up?
People are all the same. Nobody likes to admit they're wrong.
I think it's all in how one's approached about it.
Now if I'm approached respectfully I'll respond a whole lot better than if I'm approached with the old "you're so stupid" routine.
I generally say I'm sorry even when I don't think I'm wrong, just to keep the peace.
A past boyfriend would never apologize for anything. His idea of an apology when he said or did something to hurt my feelings was "I'm sorry you feel that way" or "I'm sorry you got hurt" instead of really apologizing for what he did. I really can't stand those non-apologetic "apologies" and they have now become a pet peeve of mine.
I generally say I'm sorry even when I don't think I'm wrong, just to keep the peace.
A past boyfriend would never apologize for anything. His idea of an apology when he said or did something to hurt my feelings was "I'm sorry you feel that way" or "I'm sorry you got hurt" instead of really apologizing for what he did. I really can't stand those non-apologetic "apologies" and they have now become a pet peeve of mine.
It's a pet peeve of mine as well. But one thing I don't do anymore is say I'm sorry just to keep the peace. I used to do that. If a friend thought I had wronged them, but I didn't think I had, I'd still apologize just so both of us could move on. But what I learned is that if you do that, it'll happen again and before long, you're letting your friend blame you for stuff that isn't your fault or making you feel guilty for things you didn't do. Rather than let things reach that point, I put my foot down before anything has a change to escalate. Sometimes your friends will be mad that you didn't apologize. But if you didn't do anything wrong, don't apologize for it. This happened to me recently. A friend of mine was angry at me for not telling him something personal going on in my life. I apologized, but when this person continued to make me feel like I had been a bad friend, I finally said enough is enough and told him the truth, which is that my friend hadn't earned the right to know something so personal. The truth hurts, but sometimes people need to hear it.
I want to know when I am mistaken. Even if I didn't intend to offend, I will apologize. I can't fix or atone if I don't know what I did.
I will say, though, that people who respond with sarcasm like "Oh, you're just perfect, Chocolata!" or "I can't ever win with you!" when they are flat out wrong lose big points with me. It's not win or lose, points, or about being perfect. You're wrong.
Exactly! We're never wrong... what's there to admit and be sorry for?!
On a more serious note, no, I'm not blind to my mistakes.
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We're never wrong... what's there to admit and be sorry for?!
