"If you can't accept me at my worst...

Philippines
April 11, 2010 6:08am CST
Then you don't deserve me at my best." This is a line from a movie of Anne Curtis and Sam Milby. Sorry I forgot the title of the film but this line really struck me. It's just so right. But do people really need to accept one at their worst? If so, what should they do? Should they let them be that way, or help them change?
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14 responses
• India
15 Apr 10
hello if you love some body you must accept him/her in all forms, best as well as worst.. well i am not aware of this movie, i am not fond of them... Thanks for this nice post, cheers God bless you. Prof
• Philippines
12 Apr 10
well seeing the worst of somebody is like a challenge for someone, you see if you do accept the person even he/she have a worst value or whatever worst then you are accepting that person for who he/she is and what he/she is you can help him/her to change for better but not force him/her to do so because conflict may arise
@angelajoy (1825)
• Philippines
12 Apr 10
I really don't believe that we should just accept our loved ones no matter what their attitude is. If we do this it's like saying that we don't care about them at all. If we really love them we should help them grow. My partner is not perfect, so I help him become a better person by reminding him of what is right. I'm also have lots of flaws, so he also helps me improve myself. People who love each other do that. Of course, I'm talking about things that really matter in life like attitude and personality, not superficial things.
@angelajoy (1825)
• Philippines
12 Apr 10
I really don't believe that we should just accept our loved ones no matter what their attitude is. If we do this it's like saying that we don't care about them at all. If we really love them we should help them grow. My partner is not perfect, so I help him become a better person by reminding him of what is right. I'm also have lots of flaws, so he also helps me improve myself. People who love each other do that. Of course, I'm talking about things that really matter in life like attitude and personality, not superficial things.
@dimple27 (31)
• Philippines
12 Apr 10
of course..you can't love someone if you don't accept his weaknesses.. love is about accepting everything of him..but of course, if they love you too..they will try to change their bad attitude in order for you to be happy.. if they're doing the worst, you can just help him change..
@werty009 (404)
• Philippines
12 Apr 10
well for me you should accept the one you love for better or for worst and for me i wouldn't change a thing by means of appearance or attitude the important fact is i love the person cause that's what i love to a person and i don't need to change the person i love cause i will love the person that way ^^
@grayxenon (1313)
• Philippines
11 Apr 10
classic battle of accepting who you are vs. changing for the better to be accepted, i guess it is best to meet a the middle, we should always try to change for the better instead of just be contented on your present self. it is nice to be accepted for you are...even better to change for the better to be love more..
@palonghorn (5479)
• United States
11 Apr 10
In my opinion,accepting someone at their worst means just that, if someone can't except me when I'm in a less than good mood, sick, grouchy, not dressed to the nines.....then they don't deserve me at my best, when I am in a great mood, happy, etc. It really isn't about changing someone, it's about accepting who they are. When this quote was said, and yes it was Marilyn Monroe, it was geared more towards relationsips.
@reckon21 (3479)
• Philippines
12 Apr 10
The statement or quote is very interesting and clever in nature. You must accept the person you love including their worst attitude or character. You don't need to tolerate them in fact you have to encourage them to change for the better. There's something comporting about it knowing that you are accepted by you love ones even if you have done something bad or worst and yet they still remain by your side faithful ready to accept you back. A person who readily shows their worst side and don't attempt to hide it is a true person. they are not afraid to show their true colors. and i think this kind of person are easier to change than those who hides and pretend.
@annierose (21588)
• Philippines
12 Apr 10
hi saranggola, When we love someone, we do not only love his strengths but also his weaknesses.For example, if your boyfriend or girlfriend meet an accident that make some part of his or her body damage, the other one must still accept it, if he or she truly love his or her partner. That is what we called true love. Loving not only because he or she is rich or loving because he or she is pretty or handsome. True love goes beyond physical beauty. It knows no boundaries. If your partner always fight with you, then there might be some problems. If your partner is very quiet on you, then there might something troubling his mind. We must not get a angry with what he is doing but instead find the reason why he is acting like that. Instead of getting angry, being jealous, or suspecting him of anything, try to talk and understand him first. On my own opinion, lovers should be like that if they want a long and lasting relationship.
@jules67 (2788)
• Philippines
12 Apr 10
It is really a pretty hard question. The only thing that I can think of is that the person does not really love that one. As long as his worst is tolerable and the person is not doing it perpetually, I would gladly accept him for his worst. But then , if he continues to be in the same situation, better to end the relationship. I believe the best will not come.
• India
11 Apr 10
Hello, I don't know the actual context of this saying. In some cases when you are repentant about a certain wrong thing you have done and want to change it, there is a logic in accepting your worst. But in all other cases these words are the excuses usually placed by arrogant, impossible and cynical persons. Such kind of persons don't deserve to be loved, at least not before they change themselves. In a more general way, if you may put it so, those words actually say something about expectations. Too much of an expectation gives rise to possessiveness, which in turn ruins a relationship. I personally don't want anybody to accept my worst. I just want people to point out my worst and help me change it. No matter whether people have a opinion about me, I will and I should always be at my best for my own sake. God bless you
@junrapmian (2169)
• Philippines
12 Apr 10
I guess, those lines came from the movie of John Lloyd and Bea, One More Chance, it's only now that Sam and Ann is together in a movie via Babe, I love You. Anyway, I believe that when you love your partner, you will accept him whatever or whoever he is. You should be there by his side in his most trying times. You are to give hope and words of encouragement. Leaving him would mean that you don't really love him.
@caliya (1169)
• Philippines
12 Apr 10
there are things about a person that you can't really change no matter what you say or do so i guess the best way to deal with it if you really love the person is to accept him for who he is and i also think that we should not change ourselves and become somebody that we are not just to be loved and accepted.