to believe there are always 2 sides to a story

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When someone tells me a tale of their recent woes/incidents/disputes w others, I invariably find myself wondering:

Hmmm, but what would the other person be saying ?

I feel this is entirely natural, but, for instance, on a recent AIBU thread many people seem to be of the opinion that being curious to the version of the other person is tantamount to labelling the original account as lies:

this thread is about the OP, she is the Original Poster after all.... we must presume everyone is telling the truth, otherwise what is the point?

Cannot believe OP being called a bitch, having her story made out to be lies

So are there always 2 sides to the story or am I missing something ?

Generally, who do you believe and why ?

cakey,i posted without knowing you were gonna say the same,,

Good post agentzigzagand probably quite true.

My dd has recently had a falling out with one of her friends over a very minor incident (at least it is in my opinion!!!lol)
Anyway the other child's brother, who wasn't there at the time has since gone around telling others that my dd is a "nasty person".

Obviuosly HIs sister acted totally out of character when she did the same thing! it must be MY child that is the bad one.

Tooblessed, most people on AIBU are not posting for help but for validation of their behaviour or reaction. The post that triggered thus thread was not asking for help but just wanted everyone to agree with that she was justified in being rude