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Has your biggest disappointment been in someone else or was it in yourself?

Feel free to say how and why or not.

Posted - October 1, 2017

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  • 53509


    No. 
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      October 1, 2017 1:43 PM MDT
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  • That doesn't answer the question Randy. 
      October 1, 2017 1:44 PM MDT
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  • 53509

    I know, right?
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      October 1, 2017 2:09 PM MDT
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  • 13071
    Never someone else. I dont rely on my happiness from anyone but myself. That goes for any disappointment i may feel also.
      October 1, 2017 1:50 PM MDT
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  • 6124
    This a tough question for me.  You're making me think when I'd rather not.   You're also putting a crimp in my fun today making me thing about things like this.  It's a toss up depending upon the day and what I'm thinking about.  I've been disappointed in so many people during my life.  Yet, I've been greatly disappointed in myself a few times.   If I were pressed, I'd say I was greatly disappointed in someone else.  My parents specifically.  They didn't want children nor the responsibility that comes with raising them.  I was left to my own devices at a very young age.  If it wasn't for my grandmother, I don't know if I would have survived my childhood.
      October 1, 2017 1:53 PM MDT
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  • 13071
    Wow, sounds like we are two peas in a pod more than i thought. I was also left to my own devises at a very early age, and my grandmother, i dont know weather i would have survived my childhood either. ;))
      October 1, 2017 1:57 PM MDT
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  • I can relate to you both on Grandma.   She was my rock and favorite person of all time.
      October 1, 2017 2:14 PM MDT
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  • 7126
    (((Hugs)))
      October 1, 2017 5:46 PM MDT
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  • 7126
    (((Hugs)))
      October 1, 2017 5:46 PM MDT
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  • 6124
    Thank you LO.  I kind of needed that today. 
      October 1, 2017 5:50 PM MDT
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  • 394
    I feel disappointment in myself. I have different issues that have brought my self confidence down and I have let negative people dictate to me my self worth.
      October 1, 2017 2:34 PM MDT
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  • 22891
    probably both
      October 1, 2017 2:58 PM MDT
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  • 7939
    This probably sounds odd, given what a cheerleader I am for the human race in general. I do believe people are capable of amazing things, but at the end of the day, I mostly expect humanity to fall on its face because that's what it does best. I expect people to screw up, and because of this, I'm almost never disappointed in anyone, especially if I know them well. Me, on the other hand... I expect more out of myself. I know my own shortcomings and pitfalls better than anyone else, and so I'm better-poised to plan for them and overcome them. If I fail at something, it's because I didn't plan for a contingency that was within my control. I can't think of a single thing that ever really mattered that I failed at, but in the ebb and flow of life, the scale would lean toward disappointment in myself if both were weighed. 
      October 1, 2017 3:48 PM MDT
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  • Yes, JA, one of my school teachers always used to tell us: "For every finger you point at others, there are three pointing back at you."  
      October 1, 2017 5:45 PM MDT
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  • People have disappointed me before, but no one has disappointed me as badly as I have. :(
      October 1, 2017 5:36 PM MDT
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  • 8214
    Myself first. 
      October 1, 2017 10:53 PM MDT
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  • 169
    Myself.... I gave my word to a close friend about self harm and relapsed shortly after. It took another 11 hard years before I could try again. That disappointment turned into something that I am proud of now. It's been 4 years now with minimal thoughts due to a couple people from sodahead.
      October 3, 2017 6:24 PM MDT
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