<p>Why is it that some people just cannot admit when they are wrong? Like they can’t possibly not be right. Everyone else is wrong, they are right, have an attitude when someone tries to say they could be wrong about something… Someone please explain.</p>
<p>Explanation: You’re wrong. They actually are right.</p>
<p>;)</p>
<p>I’d say you’ve just given a lovely example of how the human ego works :-)</p>
<p>kluge, are you kidding?</p>
<p>example: person a blames person b for something. then both persons find out person a was at fault instead, but person a refuses to acknowledge this and/or apologize.</p>
<p>Yes, kluge is kidding. Note the winking face.
As to why some people are like that… Some people just have so much pride they refuse to admit fault, no matter how obvious it may be. I have met people like that, and they are not fun to spend time with.</p>
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Well, I think that there are certain posters on the parents forums who have the <em>ahem</em> experience to answer this thoroughly (and on the basis of a mountain of experience), but if I guide you to those specific posters, I think my post will be <em>poofed</em>, so I’ll just keep my fingers crossed that they see this thread and come to your assistance. ;)</p>
<p>~berurah
p.s. If you really want some insight into this question, read up on Narcissistic Personality Disorder.</p>
<p>LOL Berurah, I wouldn’t count on it!</p>
<p>berurah, not on THIS board! How could you even think such a thing!
:)</p>
<p><strong><em>ROFL</em></strong> mathmom and Susantm! What can I say?? The devil made me do it… ;)</p>
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I’m an eternal optimist?? 
<em>giggle</em></p>
<p>Once, I thought I was wrong…But I was mistaken! ;)</p>
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AH!!! But, at least <em>YOU’LL</em> admit it!!! ;)</p>
<p>berurah I’m still LOL at the thought of, “…Well, I think that there are certain posters on the parents forums who have the <em>ahem</em> experience to answer this thoroughly (and on the basis of a mountain of experience)…” </p>
<p>Surely you jest. ;)</p>
<p>curiousmother, you must know my brother, he also had that same experience - <em>once</em>. :D</p>
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A <em>true</em> life-changing experience! <em>sigh</em> ;)</p>
<p>curiousmother and coronax2,
I have a brother who has NEVER had that experience. I find it’s difficult to maintain a healthy communication.<br>
Berurah, a cousin recently sent me a book entitled, “Why is is Always About You?-The Seven Deadly Sins of Narcissim.” I guess it will be a good read.</p>
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Uh…did you ask why s/he sent it to YOU?? :eek: <em>ROFL</em></p>
<p>Another good book: MALIGNANT SELF LOVE, NARCISSISM REVISTED by Sam Vaknin</p>
<p>LOL, b, the cousin is also a cousin of my brother <ahem> and was hoping the book would provide me with some insights!
The book is a “how-to not only for disengaging yourself from the narcissists in your life but also learning to live with them.”</ahem></p>
<p>momof3sons~</p>
<p><em>ROFL</em> Okay, just checkin’…</p>
<p>Here’s a GREAT website that goes with the book I recommended…and I grew up in a family FULL of 'em, so I can relate! </p>
<p><a href=“http://samvak.tripod.com/[/url]”>http://samvak.tripod.com/</a></p>
<p>Bluealien, someone posted in a different thread here a few weeks ago a comment along the lines of “if you win an argument with an idiot, what have you really won?”. That’s not exactly how they wrote it, but that’s the general idea. </p>
<p>Bottom line, why do you care? Just make up your mind it doesn’t matter if someone else is wrong and refuses to admit it - so what? Why even waste any energy caring about what they need to think or say? At the end of the day it doesn’t matter. Just smile, ignore, walk away, and go get involved with some interesting, reasonable people instead. </p>
<p>We have a person like that in our circle - she’s one of these “often in error, NEVER in doubt” types. We cannot get rid of her, she works for a strategic partner, so, we cannot avoid her entirely, either. The group of us have spent the better part of the last six months formally addressing her various errors, to no avail. Constructive, mentoring dialog on our part was met with attitude and defensiveness, with NO improvement. We have gone to her boss many times and he simply defends her. It was driving all of us so crazy, we simply gave up. Myself, others, we decided that we can simply to choose not to care about anything she says or does any more, and, we just go around her and correct what needs fixing, and we restrict other things so she cannot really cause any serious problems. </p>
<p>Now, when she comes along and opines with absolutely certaintly the equivalent of “all goats have purple wings, but the blue goats have red wings” and “the pope has bananas for ears” and “there’s life on the moon, lots of water, too, and Southwest has weekend specials there for $99” and the like we all simply smile, nod, and keep moving. It’s wonderfully liberating, and we don’t have any more stress. If we have a few minutes to spare we make jokes about it, but that’s about it.</p>
<p>bluealien,
There is a saying (I can’t quote it so I’ll paraphrase) that the sign of a truly intelligent person is that they always want to learn more, to correct errors in their information/knowledge, etc. The less bright individual is one who insists that what they think/say as correct, never questioning its accuracy, never admitting or acknowledging that it may be erroneous. There are those who quest knowledge, and there are the know-it-alls. Know-it-alls are annoying, plain and simple. They do not take responsibility for any errors. It is always somebody elses fault. Their mantra is “I didn’t drop it, it fell out of my hands”. It is a shame they can’t learn to utter the brief words “oops” , or “me bad” or “brain f-a-r-t” . Those who can’t occasionallly laugh at themselves are missing out.</p>