When is the last time you publicly admitted a mistake?

[Feanorcurufinwe]

It's not really that easy to do for most people. And the bigger the mistake, and the more passionately you originally defended it, the harder it is. When is the last time you fessed up and just plain admitted: "I was wrong" without qualifiers?

[jdsmith]

1. Never!

[jdsmith]

2. No, wait. That's wrong.

Oops. Sorry. My bad.

[rbnyc]

9. Funny! (nt)

[La Lioness Priyanka]

3. often

i am often wrong!

[CO Liberal]

4. January 1993 - In Divorce Court

:-)

[Commendatori]

6. January 1995 for me

[Feanorcurufinwe]

7. Oops - I messed up by not including an option for

'More than 1 year ago' -- I added it -- but now my vote is wrong, too.

[Champ]

5. Mistakes?

I don't make mistakes. ;)

[rucky]

8. I meant to say "never" - can i change it?

[Lisa0825]

10. I admit I was wrong on minor things easily... the last major thing was

a few months ago. I commented on a friend's relationship and offended her. I apologized, and said I shouldn't have said anything, but it still turned into a HUGE event. But that's the way it always is with her. So, I ended up cutting her out of my life. I asked her if she left that giving me a verbal pummelling changed anything or made her feel better? She hasn't spoken to me since. I think people like her are what makes it hard for people to admit mistakes. If people could accept apologies more graciously, maybe more people would give them.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

12. Two excellent points

it is harder to admit big mistakes than small ones -- admitting a mistake, although generally considered to be the right thing to do, is rarely rewarded in practice

[gpandas]

11. er..ahh... mmm...it's hard for something to pop into my head

[Feanorcurufinwe]

13. Would it have helped if I'd submitted the question in advance, in writing?

[gpandas]

15. it's the pressure

[GoddessOfGuinness]

14. There are a lot of cases in which

nobody is "just wrong", and I'm willing to accept my share of the blame, but not somebody else's. I've found these cases to be particularly traumatic; because often, since I'm willing to accept my share, the other offender/s want to dump it all on me.

There are other times when I'm wrong, and there's no excuse. Difficult as it is to confess, I do admit it; though it sometimes takes longer than it should.

[gyopsy]

16. It's wise to admit your mistakes

But I never said I was wise. I'll confess the small mistakes in a heartbeat but the big stuff I might try to avoid talking about.

[Van Helsing]

17. I don't usually admit to mistakes.

I know when I make a mistake, but I won't go out in public and tell it. It's just how I am.

[Burma Jones]

18. 1975

That was "publicly" I have admitted a few mistakes to the wife from time to time.

[put out]

19. All the time.

Keeps the slate clean, if you will. I work with kids, and if I misstep and do something inconsiderate or don't listen carefully and end up making a snap judgment, they deserve an apology.

I feel better, and I hope they do too. Children get little respect as it is. I vividly remember feeling terribly wounded when an adult in my life plainly wronged me and refused to admit to it.

Edit: If I quite apologizing, can I be president? Can I, can I, Daddy?

[geniph]

20. I thought I made a mistake once, but I was wrong

No, actually, I admit my mistakes all the time, even at work. Anyone who doesn't is really kidding themself if they don't believe others will notice their errors if they don't admit them.

[Padraig18]

21. About an hour ago.

I mistakenly ordered a hardback version of a book for a customer who wanted the paperback.

No biggie. :shrug:

[SOteric]

22. 6 Times a Day on Average.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

24. Are you secretely getting phone abuse from my wife?

Sure sounds like my average.

[SOteric]

31. Not unless your wife

has disguised herself as the duddude that's running our department at work.

He 'manages' by busting butts. If I don't, won't or can't get the result he's looking for, he'll take my feeble little empire away and kick the asses of everyone in the department currently working for me. *sigh* On the bright side, he's more than willing to admit that I rock.

[SarahB]

23. Is that a challenge?

Seriously, I've spent whole life apologizing for one thing or another on a daily basis. Not because I'm THAT terrible, but because I've found I'm quite unacceptable in most regards to most people and it's the only way to get along.
Can women join monasteries and shun the universe yet or do my gonads prevent me from doing that as well? :shrug:

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

25. All the time.

But my litmus test is my own values. Someone can think I am wrong and I may not concur. If I am, I will apologize with no strings attached..if I'm not..I'll continue to stick up for myself no matter that another may disagree.

BTW...given this series of polls about Karma, admitting one is wrong and conceit..where are you going with all of this? What's the agenda?

[Blue-Jay]

26. All the time!

I was wrong to not go see my Mom when I was doing nothing else.

I blew off teaching a sax lesson, because I was tired and wanted to sit in my underwear for a while.

I fell asleep before calling my sweetie-pie.

I miscalculated my department's workflow last week.

I shouldn't have killed a man just for snoring, in my quest to be just like John Wesley Harding.

I flinched during my ET alien probe, when I could've sat still in the name of science.

I spit on my neighbor's windshield because he pissed me off. (It was a loogie, too)

I jazzed up CIA intelligence and killed thousands of foreigners and hundreds of Americans to fulfill my vision of "combating evil".


OK.......

That last one wasn't really me.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

27. Damn you've had practice at it!

But falling asleep and not calling your sweetie is totally unforgivable...YOU SHREW!!!

[Blue-Jay]

28. But...but....but....I was tired!

I didn't do it on purpose! I SWEAR!

Extenuating circumstances!

I ran out of gas! I had a flat tire! I didn't have enough money for cab fare! My tux didn't come back from the cleaners! An old friend came in from out of town! Someone stole my car! There was an earthquake! A terrible flood! Locusts! IT WASN'T MY FAULT, I SWEAR TO GOD!

[prolesunited]

29. And tell me

Which one are you MOST sorry for? ;-)

[Blue-Jay]

30. Aw, crap!

busted.