how did you handle that?
Have you ever been in a situation where someone got the wrong idea about you and have trouble showing them why?
how did you handle that?
It's very difficult and it does end relationships.
But I think we live in a world where too many people give up on others too easily. Especially since the technology exists to make that so easy to do (with blocking, unfollowing, etc.)
It depends how much that person matters/means to you. Some, it is worth swallowing your pride, reaching out, and see if you can clarify any misunderstanding. It's awful and awkward, but can be one of the best things you can do, if you can both come together and recognize how it happened.
“ But I think we live in a world where too many people give up on others too easily”
Oh yeah you got that right lol
I almost got beaten up by two Mexican guys at an IHOP because I am autistic. I entered the restaurant and a group of 5 or six people were in the lobby; but the hostess wasn't around. So one of the guys tried to start chatting me up. However, I was half in my own world; so he asked me why I wasn't interested in talking to him. So I said that I don't like talking to people. And he said "What you don't like talking to Mexicans?" At which point he leaned in towards me and one of his friends moved in towards me. As I sheepishly said "No, I just don't like to talk to people." At which point one of the ladies in the group said to leave him alone. I don't know how I would have gotten out of that situation if she hadn't spoken up. Both of them were at least 100 lbs heavier than me and 6 inches taller.
Yeah it happens now and then.
Usually it’s when someone thinks I’m nice and decides they are my friend that I always needed.
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Oh yeah i hate that too lol
People believe what they want to believe. And sometimes when they have their mind made up, it's hard to change their perspective. There's not much you can do besides explaining yourself but in all honesty if it took one thing for them to think differently of you then are they really the kind of person you want or need in your life? It's their problem not yours. Their loss.
indeed their loss!
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When I first joined my previous company, my colleague didn't like me all that much. She thought I was proud. But after having lunch with me a couple of times, she realized I was not what she had initially perceived. We got along fine.
The thing is that people can dislike you for no good reason all the time. Don't let it get to you. If you did nothing wrong, there's nothing to worry or fret about.
Yes, but look, I don't bother. Their thoughts of myself are solely their thoughts and nothing more than that. I have no problem if they think I am a bad person because I have absolutely nothing to prove to them.
I have never given a shit about good or bad reputation. I only care about the opinion of my loved ones and those are very very few.
Yes with my current boyfriend. I hung out with his female friend that was a heavy heavy drug addict and alcoholic when me and him first met. I hung out with her just to become closer to him because weirdly enough me and her ended up being “friends” . At first he had the wrong impression of me and thought I was the same way as her when in reality I am the opposite.
I don’t know. Some people think that I’m just really innocent and I don’t speak for myself or something and that’s false. Cuz obviously, I’m not really innocent and I do have opinions
Lol then you open your mouth and people are like oh damn!
Lmao 🤣 yeah, my dad often says that he feels like he’s talking to a 70 year old granny who has a lot of opinions than a 16 year old girl who’s just started 12th grade loll
Your dad sounds pretty sharp i agree lol 😂
Ahh he sure is!
Yes not very often though.
I believe if someone wants to know You--- They Will Get To Know You, themselves.
Very true!
I don’t think so.
whatever people decide to think of me is their own ideals. I don’t really care much for justifying myself. Except to you because you must know I’m a princess. ☺️
You are a princess. I see your crown and scepter!
Pretty common thing for me. People are way too quick to judge and never bother to try get to know a person.
I try to never have such judgements until i got a good reason.
So yeah i had no such judgment for you.
Also welcome back lol
Yes but also no.
Most people get the wrong idea about me, usually because they follow stereotypes for behavior or talking or appearance and I don't, but rarely do I have to care what others think of me, so most times I don't bother correcting them.
My stepmother is a psychologist, so she assumes that she knows everything about me and makes assumptions based on that. She will tell me why I am acting a certain way, and won't take any other answer, even if she is blatantly wrong.
She's also a hypocrite. She'll accuse me of certain behaviors, and then turn around and act like that herself.
It's annoying, but I tend to just go along with what she says. If I'm right, I at least know I'm right, and that's what counts.
Yes quite a bit. At first I cared when i was 18-19 and tried to prove myself.
But after that I'm like let their misunderstanding and hate poison them. It's their problem to look at from a narrow mind. These people aren't worth my time.
People always underestimate me... But I realized long ago that's their problem, not mine...
*applause* 👏👏
Would bow but too sore and old lady might throw a hip out🤣
Yes that happened to me a couple of times and after a few attempts I quit. If they didn't like me, they didn't like me period. There was nothing I could do to make them change their mind.
Oh yeah definitely, in that situation I’m not the brightest so I just kinda freaked out and avoided the dude until he got the message lol
Yes, it happened to me, I was emailing this girl and she wasn't following our email the right way and she was getting all kinds of stuff wrong while talking to her yes it was a headache for sure
Yes insecure guys would accuse me of things that were absolutely false at first I tried to prove myself, but they have it stuck in their pea brains that all women are sneaky so I just block them.
This happens all the time. If they don't believe your clarification, they aren't worth your time.
Yup. It is incredibly hard to recover from that. Some of that happened at my last job. 😔
Yeap it happens often enough even without me doing or saying anything. :/ I just ignore it
I've had people stereotype me because I look like I'm in a biker gang.
(And it doesn't help that I do actually ride a motorcycle.)
Yeah, but that's all I'll say about that
Ok then lol
Well, at least not now. It's a whole story and I don't feel like typing it lol
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