Misunderstandings

[Honest]

Let's say someone misunderstood something you'd once said or done and took it negatively, when in reality you meant no harm/thought you what you were saying was justifiable. Do you try to correct that person and make them see that they were wrong, or do you let them think whatever it is they are thinking. And since it definitely does matter, which people do you try to explain yourself to, and which do you leave be?

 

[apteryx]

my sentences are a mess and i say things wrong very often, so this happens to me a lot.

i always try to explain myself to everyone, which gets annoying when i can't get people to understand me. i think it's important, i don't want people getting wrong ideas about me. only exception to this are people that i don't want to interact with because of whatever reason, or those who purposefully try to make me look bad, no reason to waste energy with them.

whenever someone misunderstands me i get nervous and it shows, so people who don't know me well usually think i'm backtracking or trying to change my own words to look better. ugh

 

[Sirfetch’d]

This is the story of my life. I am very misunderstood because I sometimes let my emotions get the better of me and impair how/what I say and or do. It's tricky to deal with though. I try my best to fix it but sometimes I just make matters worse :x

 

[Bellsprout]

This happens to me the normal amount I think. It used to really bother me and I would try to explain myself or if I felt like I couldn't talk to them I would just get upset that I was misunderstood and become more closed off to them. I've just stopped caring. There are some people in this world who just will never understand you or get what you mean or even worse those people who twist everything you do/say. Idk if it's them, me, maybe both, or in the case of word twisting idk what their mental problem is? But yeah that's their issue and if the misunderstandings keep adding up between us that alerts me that we just shouldn't talk too much which is an easy fix.

 

[Poki]

It's always my fault when someone else misunderstands me. Actually, the exact thing happened about 3hr ago:

Spoiler:

Dad had to meet up with my mother, because she had work, and I was supposed to call her, in order to inform her. I did, and I told her that dad's gonna wait for her at the location of my old school (not far at all), and she said that she's on her way. All is cool. For now.

After everything's done:

Dad let me know that my mother is pissed off at me, because apparently I told her to go somewhere else (which is BS), and she waited more than 15min.

Note: I not live with my parents. I'm saying that because of the story, so there's no confusion.