Do you ever admit when you're wrong?

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Or will you venomously defend your opinion despite the facts being against you?

If so, why? And what, if anything, would make you admit you were wrong?

Yes. People who can never admit they are wrong are dicks.

All the time! I’m happy to learn and change my opinion and it’s important for kids to see us balls up and apologise.

O.m.g

Not admitting you’re wrong is full on

Crimson Red flag flying and flapping vociferously!

Yes but I find it very very difficult and couldn't do it at all as a child/teen. Think it's an autism thing.

Yes, I’m happy to admit I’m wrong. I work for someone who sees everything as a battle to be won and will defend their decisions to the hilt rather than admit they’re wrong - it’s exhausting. I think they see it as a sort of weakness, an example of poor leadership and an inability to make difficult decisions and stick them (even when the difficult decisions didn’t actually need to be made in the first place). It’s none of those things, of course.

I have always said I'm big enough and ugly enough to admit when I am wrong. (I have the classic MIL,who is ALWAYS right even when she's wrong!

I don't know, it hasn't happened yet.

Yes,I like to think that I will admit to being wrong about something. I find the inability to a very unattractive trait in others along with being tight-fisted or unkind

Yes I do admit I am wrong.
Sometimes when the other person is also wrong but says ‘you’re wrong and I’m right’ I can get a bit sidetracked in them also being wrong and forget to admit I am too. Ie full on argument with so can muddy waters.
I’m good at admissions of being wrong very late - sometimes years later when I just discover something or have come to understand I was wrong just through experience etc. Accompanied by fulsome apology. Usually within family.

Yes when it is something factual - though I don't enjoy it - I don't often when it's something more emotional. Mostly, if I am totally honest, because I don't think I am wrong! In my defence, I am pretty even tempered, I don't think I have actually been cross with someone who wasn't my mother in a long time

Nah I would rather be right next time.

TELL ME IF IM WRONG DAMMIT

Yes.

Both times

Yep, all the time. I'm wrong fairly often!

All the time. Especially to my kids when they tell me I’m wrong about a fact or something they’ve learnt. Actually feel proud to be wrong then! Love it when my kids know more than me.

It’s okay to be wrong. I always admit mistakes at work too (don’t make them very often 😉)

Yes I do admit when I am wrong. However, people’s interpretations of events or facts that appear to be exaggerated or inaccurate do result in me standing my ground. This is why some people won’t admit they are wrong because their intpretation of events means they think they are right! 😅

Yup, I admit when I'm wrong. Apologise too, if I started off vociferously defending my point of view

I do but I seem to be surrounded by people who don't so I might stop doing it with them.

I do, husband not so much ! (because obvs, that would mean his balls would fall off in shame )

I happily admit when I'm wrong, but was recently accused of being someone who doesn't. It turns out that they meant I don't back down when I'm right. Basically, to this person, both behaviours fall under "rocking the boat" and are almost equally objectionable

Yes, I am wrong quite a lot.

Yes and I apologise.

Before I retired, a regular part of any induction on to my team included a bit about never ever to feel they couldn't challenge what I was saying, but to be prepared to back their view up with reasoned argument

I'm fully aware that I've got the same ability to be as wrong as anyone. I

So id say I'm not concerned about admitting I'm wrong, as long as evidence or reasoned argument shows it

I’ll admit when I’m wrong easily. My partner however cannot admit when he’s wrong. It’s usual about something minor like for eg we saw a blue tit and he says it was a great tit, and he’ll insist it was a great tit.. I’ll let it slide. Although it does infuriate me. He has other good qualities, so he’s not a tit himself really 😁

@sonjadog

Yes. People who can never admit they are wrong are dicks.

Basically this ^^

Of course I admit my mistakes. I am only human. People who won't back down are tiresome bores - BIL I'm looking at you.

I'm happy to be correected though

I do and I genuinely lose a bit of respect for people when they won't. I do think it's a bit immature not to be able to admit when you are in the wrong and find it almost amusing when I seen adults like that.

I do personally think its a sign of emotional maturity to be able to put your hands up and learn from it and I'm keen my DC understand being wrong is a positive learning thing and not something to be ashamed of.

However I am aware I am so determined to be transparent I admit I'm wrong when I'm not on occasion and that veers close to being a people pleaser which I also definitely don't want to be so I very much don't always get it right. I'm working on it so I try and delay my reaction for a mi ite while I male sure I'm not being obsequious unintentionally.