What did you do?How did you handle it?
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WERE DEAD WRONG?
by Terry 30 Replies latest jw friends
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Corvin
What did you do? I was seeking reinstatement. I was on the verge of once again having a good standing in the congregation of Jehovah?s Witnesses. I thought it was what was needed to ensure my children?s spiritual wellbeing. How did you handle it? I acknowledged what a big huge mistake I was about to make and did an about-face.
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Mulan
that happens all the time to me.................I repeat something I heard or read, and get it totally mixed up.
I try to be humble and admit my mistake, but often have to go look it up to be sure. Sometimes I am right and the other person is wrong.
Having learned the truth about JW's has made me a bit gun shy for insisting I'm right about anything.
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Princess
Can't say it's ever happened to me Terry.
How about you?
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patio34
Well. . . .you asked. It was when I thought Bush was right in invading Iraq (along with a lot of others who've changed). Now I feel it was dead wrong.
Pat
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Undecided
I guess after I die, I will be dead wrong, but for now I think I am right.
Ken P.
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Stefanie
The day i said i do!
How am I handling it? Not very well....
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BrendaCloutier
Ah, what time is it?
Actually, I have been labeled as a Sexual Intellectual by my ex-husband. That means a Fking Know-It-All.
Same ex- (I've had 3) also said I "... have the need to be right all of the time". I told him it was "... because I usually am!" That one pissed him off.
I have a good seat-o-the-pants education, and a sharp mind. The more I learn, the more I have become willing to admit "I don't know"; the older I get my mind and rememberer betray me, so I have to admit "I'm wrong". My current spousal unit likes to point these things out to me. Of course I have the same rights as he has.
Dead wrong?
Well, I haven't killed anyone that I can recall (remember my rememberer don't always work so well), and I'm not dead, yet.
What have I done right?
I left WTS. I raised a lot of hell that I needed to get out of my system, then I got clean and sober. I've cleaned up my past as best as I am able (still a couple items to deal with). I try to smile (not easy with chronic pain), be friendly to friends, acquaintances, and strangers. And work at not living up to anyone's expectations - even mine. Not easy, but worthwhile.
Hugs
Bren
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jschwehm
I'll have to ask my wife that question. She keeps track of these things for me.
Jeff S.
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Terry
princess says: Can't say it's ever happened to me Terry.
How about you?
Twice in one day! I found I was offending people in my post on teaching children that fantasy (like Santa) is real and I had to apologize. Then, Hillary_step called me out for cut and pasting a definition on a topic thread WITHOUT ATTRIBUTION and I had to realize there is no excuse acceptable.
That is, by the way, why I started this topic!
Thanks for asking.