People can't see faults in themselves.

United States
February 23, 2012 1:13pm CST
I'm not going to even ask if you've ever known anyone like this, because we all do. Someone who talks about people all the time and judges them endlessly, but when it comes to themselves, if truth be told, they're worse than the ones they talk about. Now is will ask. Do you know people like this? I have to watch myself. I have been guilty, but a good practice is to try not to be.
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@jaiho2009 (39141)
• Philippines
23 Feb 12
hello chyrs, Judgmental people do not accept their faults. They do realize their mistake, but they cannot digest the truth that they are worse than those people they are judging. It's like slapping their own face- and they will never do that. It's like facing a mirror and looking to their own reflection. It's their character. I always try my best to accept my fault, it won't make me a lesser person to say "sorry".
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• United States
23 Feb 12
Oh indeed. It won't make you a lesser person! It makes you a much bigger person! God sees it, but unfortunately lots of people take it as a weakness. I know people who cannot cannot say I'm sorry. I guess they're afraid they might get sick or something if the words pass their tongue. I don't know. It's crazy!
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• United States
23 Feb 12
That's right!
@jaiho2009 (39141)
• Philippines
23 Feb 12
Exactly! It's crazy to think they are proud of saying, they are educated one. However their deeds deny it.
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@maezee (41988)
• United States
23 Feb 12
I think it's hard for all of us to find faults in ourselves. But I think admitting our faults and realizing them is really really important. Like I know that I can be really stubborn and sometimes incredibly argumentative. So when I realize I'm doing this... I try to take a step back and make sure I'm listening to all sides of the story and being fair to the other person instead of just getting angry..It's hard to do but it helps. On the other hand...There are people with tons of personality flaws who won't admit to them. I have one friend who thinks she is right ALL THE TIME to the point where she is correcting you all the time and it gets so tiresome after a while. And she's so used to being like that, that she doesn't even realize she's doing it - that's the worst part. GAH. But I agree, 'watching' yourself on these kinds of things definitely helps, because often times it seems as if we do it without even realizing we are....
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• United States
23 Feb 12
Yeah. That's the whole thing. Most have no idea they are not perfect. It never even crosses their babbling minds that they are being ugly and rude and are just as bad or worse than what they are saying about others. Also many do this, cause since most are this way, you wouldn't fit in very well if you weren't this way. In fact, you'd be very unpopular. So if you really want to fit in with the most average persons, get ready to judge!
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
24 Feb 12
Well I believe all people are guilty of being judgmental. It is so easy to see the plank on the eyes of our neighbor than the plank on our own eyes. We have the tendency to judge others not knowing we do self-incrimination when doing so. Who is faultless after all? Every one has done mistakes in his life so if only for this we should be more careful with the way we look and treat those who commit mistakes before our eyes. Indeed we are not to condone sin, we can always rebuke, remind and help those who are into sin to amend their life but we are not to judge. We can't be judge because we are sinners just the same. Only God can be a righteous judge so let's just leave that task to Him.
• United States
24 Feb 12
I think about that so much that the bible says God is the only one who is the judge cause it is so true no matter what anyone thinks. People just don't know what makes others do what they do or say what they do or behave like they do. I know when I grew up I wasn't a kind person because I was brought up in an extremely angry home where there was arguing and fighting all the time. I was raised that way and until I got out into the world I didn't realize that I could choose another way to be. I used to pick someone one the job who everyone said was sweet and try to be like her.
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@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
24 Feb 12
Life is a series of choices. You can always choose which way you would live. Even if you were raised up in a bad environment. I am glad you were able to find ways to change the way you would live your life. I myself was not a good girl either but Jesus changed me. Reading His Word day after days helps me a lot.
@MandaLee (3764)
• United States
11 Mar 12
Yes, I know people like that. I hope they grow out of that behavior. Have a great day!
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• United States
12 Mar 12
You know MandaLee, I don't believe people grown out of that kind of behavior. If that is the kind of person they are and were raised to be, I don't think they change. The only thing that helped me to see that I was acting ignorant when I behaved like this is when I started reading the bible and learned about God. I tried at times to change some things on my own, but they were temporary until I got saved.
@deedee328 (1122)
• United States
24 Feb 12
chrystaltears: Yep, we all know people like that. It is an unfortunate fact of life. I just don't understand it. I find myself fighting the urge to tape these people so that they can hear themselves and maybe realize just how bad they are. I think that we are all guilty of this to at least a small degree. We tend to find fault with others and don't recognize that we see it because we are guilty of the same thing. For instance, I find it rather irritating when my husband leaves his dinner plate unrinsed in the sink, but then, I catch myself doing that same thing. I try very hard not to judge people and say things that I will regret later. I am human, and I make mistakes, just not ones as big as others do (lol). Sorry, I just couldn't help myself there.
• United States
26 Feb 12
Yes. There are most people like this, but I have honestly tried since I started to church and got saved to not do that, but I would find myself on the phone with especially these 3 different ladies from church, and I swear that's all they wanted to do is talk about somebody else in the church, and what was wierd was that they were saying the whole time that they weren't talking about so and so but 'she did this and that'. I actually stopped taking their calls because I did not want to do that. I wasnt very popular in church either because of this.
• United States
2 Mar 12
It disappoints me to hear anyone talk about others faults. I hate it when someones talking and I slip up and say something to. It always makes me feel terrible when I fail that way. It is especially disappointing to me to hear people who are in church everytime the doors are open. You're right. I don't want to be popular either if that's the way to do it.
@deedee328 (1122)
• United States
28 Feb 12
chrystaltears It is amazing how these things go on in the church, isn't it? I think that you will find those few people in every church that want to gossip about someone else. There is one lady in our church who calls people all day long, just so she can be nosey and find out what is going on. She then proceeds to call everyone she knows to tell them what you said. Needless to say, she doesn't call or ask me because I don't tell her anything. I don't want to be popular either if I have to get there by always talking about someone else. It is just not the way I believe we are suppose to behave and refuse to play those games with other people. I guess that is why I have so much time to spend here on mylot, huh? It is alright with me, as I think that I am among a better class of people here.
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• Philippines
23 Feb 12
I myself judged others people. I judged them because I'm insecure of what they got. But I had changed. It made me realize that I have my own flaws and imperfection. I know I'm not good enough. No one has the power to judge someone especially if we don't know that kind of person.
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• United States
23 Feb 12
Yes. All of that is true. If a person isn't an idiot or foolish, they learn by not judging people as they go through life's experiences. Like if you have financial difficulties like you haven't experienced before, you might have sympathy for someone who is now going through the same and lend a helping hand in someway.
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
2 Mar 12
But we all make judgement calls all the time. We decide whom we are going to like and connect with, who we will avoid, we talk about other people in negative ways. Any decision we make that involves other people is usually a judgement call. We're only human and we cannot love everyone. None of us is Mother Theresa who gave of herself lovingly to everyone she met. I know it's wrong of me to despise my next door neighbour but I cannot help myself. I have tried for things to be good between us but it just didn't work - I simply cannot stand the woman.
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• United States
2 Mar 12
Hi MsTickle. Yes, there seems to be more people who are judgemental than there are who are not. But there are some who do try to do all they can not to judge others and some do a good job of holding their tongues when they want to. Yes, we can't love everyone. We are not God. There are people in all our lives who we'd rather not have to have any reason to be around. There are some who are just down right devious, and it makes you wonder why it is so important for them to be this way when being nice to people feels so much better. I would just rather keep a distance.
• Philippines
26 Feb 12
Sad to say,there are a lot of people like that.I try not to be like that.As the saying goes "If you have nothing nice to say,then shut up."
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• United States
27 Feb 12
Amen, kat_princess. That's exactly the way we all ought to be. But then no one would ever talk.
@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
4 Mar 12
Hi chrystalaltears, You are absolutely right, we are all like this. We should never judge or condemn another, because the faults we see in another are also in us. Most people don't understand it, but we could not see a fault in another if we didn't have the same fault. Blessings.
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• United States
4 Mar 12
Hi Pose. That's right. That is so right. I learned all that when I was faithful going to church and reading the book on a regular basis. Before that, I didn't realize that that was how I recognized faults in others. It was pretty amazing though when I started realizing this.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
24 Feb 12
hi chrystaltears I think parr of being human is to have faults but if we know about them we can change them. Yes I have known people who rant on about the faults in others , judging unmercifully but cannot believe that they too have faults.I also have ito watch myself so that I do not have the faults I blame everyone else for having.
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• United States
24 Feb 12
I remember one time my mom and I were sitting here with my nephew and he was saying his other grandmother had loaned his cousin her car and he wrecked it. He said he just couldn't believe anyone would be crazy enough to loan his cousin their car. That she should have known he would wreck it. My mom and I just looked at each other, cause he had recently wrecked 2 of his dad's vehicles. His dad cried cause he wrecked his brand new red truck. But my nephew didn't even realized how what he was saying sounded. That''s just an example of how people blindly judge others.
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
25 Feb 12
*looks in mirror... What faults?
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• United States
27 Feb 12
Sounds like me you're talking about before I learned, I can sometimes really be an a*shole. Not so bad as I get older though.
@prinzcy (32305)
• Malaysia
25 Feb 12
I know a few people like that. They're pretty stubborn and refuse to reason to anything or anyone. Regardless what we say, they'll do it anyway. It's annoying when they complaint to me later on as I already advised them prior to that. Now I tend to shut my mouth and watch. It's easier.
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• United States
27 Feb 12
Hi prinzcy. You have that right. They are pretty stubborn. I just try totally to stay away from people like that. There are actually some people in the world who are nice all the time, and if they aren't all the time, they are trying anyway. Some people don't know how to try to be nice.
@sjvg1976 (41281)
• Delhi, India
24 Feb 12
Hello Chrystaltears, Most of the people do that they always easily find faults in others but don't realize them faulty when they themselves do that fault.And those who don't do that are real human beings.I too can give lectures to others but if i want to apply same thing on me i find it difficult to apply.But i always try hard and in most of the cases i accept my fault if i am faulty.
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• United States
24 Feb 12
Good for you sjvg! That's the way we all should be, but hey..we got to have variety, right! Like several of the mylotters responded, it would be a very boring world if everyone agreed! It is good that you admit and see when you have faults. It is great and wise to be able to see that in yourself. That way, you will not be so bold as to judge others as rashly, but look deeper and see what is going on with them.
@hunibani (720)
• Philippines
24 Feb 12
Yes. I've known several people here that they think they are ALWAYS right. They don't listen, they think they are giving too much but the thing is there are just too selfish. Pff. :(
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• United States
24 Feb 12
Hi hunibani. I haven't been up long. Having my morning coffee and just took my meds. I am not an early bird, so I set my alarm and turned it off about 4 or 5 times. My phone kept telling me I had a text messaage from my daughter so I decided I better check it. She gets angry if I don't answer when she tries to get in touch with me. She thinks something might have happened to me. Yes. There are plenty of people like that, but I think lots of people on mylott refrain and keep their real personalities down toned in order not to get negative ratings on here. I do. Probably good for me anyway. I get to opinionated sometimes when I KNOW I'm right!
@lynboobsy11 (11343)
• Philippines
24 Feb 12
I've seen a lot of them like what you describe. It's like they don't have mistakes commited. Usually I don't deal to those kind of people I just get away from them when i see them.
• United States
26 Feb 12
Hi lynboobsy. I have seen you alot in my discussions. It's always nice to communicate with you. I'm like that too. I feel more comfortable if I don't have to be around people like that. It just makes me uncomfortable all over.
@youless (112507)
• Guangzhou, China
24 Feb 12
I think this is common. We usually think that we are always right and others are wrong. Unless we calm down and think about it and then we may realize who has made a fault. Sometimes we also need others to warn us when we make a mistake. It is just like a mirror. Without it, we can't see whether our face is clean or not. I love China
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• United States
26 Feb 12
Hi youless. I bet you do love China. I have a cousin who is living and working in China. He was just home a couple of weeks ago. He loves it in China. He said he's going to make it his home and make this his vaction place. When he first went over his plans were to visit there and live here. He's got it made over there. He's got some kind of big executive position in furniture.
@shylade (3132)
• Philippines
24 Feb 12
i'm guilty also of this and i certainly regret it. so as much as possible if i can not say good about someone, i just shut my mouth. you can not please every body even if you are nice with them so forget about them. whatever you give, life will give back to you so better be careful.
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• United States
24 Feb 12
amen shylade. I couldn't have said it better myself. If you can't say anything nice say nothing at all! Right. It's true it does come back to you. I've also learned all of that the hard way. I always learn everything the hard way cause otherwise you can't get my attention.
@erjnsimon (1191)
• Makati, Philippines
24 Feb 12
sometimes i or maybe we, commit actions/mistakes like that. We hurt other people's feelings but we can't think, what if we are on their position. And also, we hurt other people, but if we got hurt by others we don't remember that we also did it to others. But for this moment, others are stil worse than me. Others are more harsh than myself. And i know some of them. :)
• United States
24 Feb 12
There was this person once erjnsimon, who made me so uncomfortable everytime we had family get togethers. It was as if she wanted to belittle me in front of everyone in the family and she would embarrass me and make me feel so uncomfortable and about an inch tall. She did it so well, and I never understood why she always wanted to do this to me. I learned to pray for those who do this to me. That's about all you can do until they learn somehow if they ever do.
• Philippines
24 Feb 12
i'm experiencing this right now and it's very, very frustrating. people are judging me for what they think i did when they don't even see or know what they are doing to me.
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• United States
26 Feb 12
That is so bad sexybeast to go through something like that. I guess most of us have been there. I can tell you I have several times. It hurts which makes you very angry and then you can have problems sleeping all on top of that. I sure hope the truth comes out and alll this gets straightened out for you.
• Philippines
24 Feb 12
Correct, since its really harder to point out our own mistake than others. That's correct the best thing to do here is to practice it out.
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• United States
24 Feb 12
Hi reginatanslife. Good to have you at mylot. You are right practice makes perfect. Somethng we all need to learn.