How hard is it for you, to admit you are wrong?

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Well the Title pretty much sums it up, but I just wanted to throw that general question out there.

A lot of people get in frivolous, trivial arguments where even when called out being wrong, they don't even admit to it, they deny it or just change the subject or walk away like a hurt puppy.

For me personally I have a hard time in admitting I'm wrong even to my loved ones. If I debate on something I think I have the slightest clue about, I generally stick my foot in the door and stay stubborn. Now when it comes to forums and stuff, I'm quick to admit I'm wrong, because these folks don't know me worth a damn. I just don't care enough basically to get in long drawn out arguments to people who don't know me from bob.

So how about you? Quick to admit you're wrong?
 
Very.

Seriously, when I've been proven that I'm wrong, I won't admit it. In fact, I'll resort to using some very twisted logic and conning my opponent into thinking I'm right. Luckily, I'm not wrong often. :hmmm:
 
Not at all - it keeps peace with family/loved ones and you'd be shocked at how much respect you get in the workplace for being quick to accept responsibility for your mistakes (assuming you're not a complete fuck-up).

Cop to it - do what you can to fix -and your problems will be fewer and behind you faster.
 
In the past I was never very good at admitting I was wrong.

However, since being with Steve it's changed.

He's very level headed and always admits to it when he's been wrong and admits it when I'm right. He always is very good about it and it's made me want to be the same and treat him the same.

It still is very hard, because when I admit I'm wrong I feel stupid and I don't like feeling that way.

But it's getting easier. Everyone has to be wrong somtimes. =)
 
Not very hard I would say. I know I am not perfect so thus there will be times where my my answer/logic/whatever is wrong. If there are no flaws in what someone is trying to tell me then I will be quick to say "Hey I was wrong. You win."

I know with some people it's a pride thing but no matter how perfect you try to be, you will never be completely perfect so there are times when you will be wrong about some things. Just accept it as a part of being you.
 
It really depends on who I am arguing with. If I am arguing with someone who is very arrogant and condescending then I have a very tough time. In fact, I usually keep arguing even long after I realize that I am wrong by bringing up pointless stuff that doesn't have much relavance. This is mostly because I hate it when someone on their high horse is in the right, and then afterwards they do subtle things to rub it in. And it's even more frusterating when I think of a good comeback long after the arguement is over.

If it is with someone pleasant, then I can usually admit when I am wrong. There are times when I still have trouble, specificially if it is something that I feel strongly about. But usually I can admit I am wrong.
 
Glad you asked^

I was defending my school with saying that the teachers their are way better then the teachers at my old school,but they say that im wrong,saying that its the student that doesnt wanna learn,but then I wont admit that im wrong,I told them that i have the right to say that cuz im defending their school,defending their system,they should be proud of it.
 
I actually find it pretty easy. I have little to no problem admitting I'm wrong when I know that I am. In fact, I find it a very unattractive quality in a person when they can't admit that they're wrong about something. It drives me nuts. If someone talking to me ever admits that they're wrong, I don't even think twice about it to rub it in. It's just a dick thing to do. I expect and hope that other reasonable people think the same way.

I once dated a girl who had to be right about and the best at pretty much everything. In hindsight, it made me crazy. I'm never doing it again.

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It still is very hard, because when I admit I'm wrong I feel stupid and I don't like feeling that way.
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I can understand this mentality. Just remember that if you and whoever you're talking to both know that you're wrong but you don't admit it, it doesn't make you look any better.

But also, I tend not to talk too much about things that I don't know about. I also hate people who claim to know things that they really don't know--because they're often the same people who are wrong about those things and refuse to admit to it. So by treading lightly upon subjects I realize I don't know much about, it cuts down on how often I'm wrong about things.

Just be honest with people; you don't have to impress them. I find it is often easier that way.
 
When its something with my gran, then Im quick to apologise. I make sure its a quick apologie to her as she will drill at you with little stares till you admit youre wrong XD I like to think I back down and apologise pretty quick when I see Ive done wrong. What grinds my gears is people who are wrong, and I KNOW they are, yet they wont back down ... oh that gets me >_>
 
It depends on who I'm talking to, really. With my mother, its a complete impossibility, because she never admits to it either, and I'll be damned if I'm going to give her the satisfaction.

Anyone else...well, usually I'll admit to it, unless its particularly embarrassing. I'm not as bad as I once was, but I still have some degree of pride. I'll never apologise for it, though - I see no point. I meant it at the time I said it, apologising isn't going to change it, nor is regret.
 
When I get presented with some evidence against the point I'm trying to make, then I usually say that I was wrong. When people can't prove their point, then I stick with what I was saying and don't admit if I am wrong or not.
 
Similarly to how I am a competitive gamer and really don't like to lose, as much as that is disappointing, I hate being wrong on something probably just as much or more than that, and the thing is, most every day I get at least something wrong, so that might partly be why I come off as a bit more irritable in real life... >.>'

I am pretty quick to realize when I am wrong most of the time, and don't deny it, but absolutely do not like it at all. xP But I've got to learn to take it better, I don't often say anything when watching gameshows together with the family because I am afraid I'll be wrong, no joke. :gasp:
 
Very very very hard xD

I'm very stubborn when it comes to things and I always say that i'm right :mokken: Ask Ryan. We had an agurement about who was right and I wouldn't admit it and we sat there going back and forth for a while. Don't remember how it started but, it ended because I was tired xD

I'm always right :mokken:

xD

I mean, when it comes to certain people but even then, I just hate being wrong cause then I make a fool outta myself =/ and I dun like that D:

If its something little maybe but, otherwise I won't budge.
i'm as stubborn as a mule :mokken:
 
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I think my previous post has been proven wrong since I couldn't accept that my other half was right in naming the killer in heavy rain game even when she/he was burning evidance inna bin.
 
Eh, not hard at all, i just assume that Im wrong anyway, which I usually am. :8F:

People that can't admit they are wrong peck head though
 
If Im wrong, Ill admit it. Simple as that for me.
 
I don't think it's too hard for me. However, I will try and find loopholes of how I could actually be right, though that only happens half the time.
 
When I find I'm wrong, I will admit it with meekness if it's a friend or family. Enemies however, I'll twist their mind until they see my screwed up logic and philosophy and they get tangled in the web of deceit I weave most times.
 
If i'm wrong, I use reverse psychology to make it so i wasnt wrong, I just change the answer and make people think I was right, unless im really wrong
 
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