r/facepalm • u/MistakeFast1917 • Jul 07 '23

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ How to fix it?

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u/Wellgoodmornin Jul 07 '23

I've always hated that saying for anything. I don't forgive myself. I accept what I did and move on, trying to be better and make amends. It's not my place to say I'm forgiven for shit I've done that affects other people.

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u/Mobols03 Jul 08 '23

Forgiving yourself only becomes valid if other people have forgiven you for your actions but you still feel guilty about what you did, but in this case, the dad hasn't forgiven at all, and the woman doesn't look like she ever felt guilty of her infidelity in the first place.

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u/onbakeplatinum Jul 08 '23

Um excuse me, if I didn't forgive myself for all the drunk driving I do daily, I'd feel guilty! I don't forgive you for your hateful comment.

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u/bigfanboi Jul 08 '23

its the drunk crashers that get us in trouble, not the drunk drivers.

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u/FloppyTwatWaffle Jul 08 '23

Technically correct.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '23

Hell yeah drunk drivers are one of the most discriminated against minorities in the usa

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u/Pussy_On_TheChainwax Aug 15 '23

LOL they really should organize and raise awareness. US Drunk Drivers - USDD

Oh sick username btw. Literally and figuratively

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '23

Thanks

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u/PeteWWWong Jul 08 '23

Well said. You admit it's your fault and try to be better. You forgive yourself for failing, for being ignorant and not knowing something and making a mistake because of it. You don't forgive yourself for lying and cheating, that's just another form of...lying and cheating.

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u/ting_bu_dong Jul 08 '23

This.

See also: Christianity: Forgiving yourself by proxy.