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Is there a way I can make it so it never happened?
I know you can delete a post, but I want to make it like it never happened so I don't get embarrassed.
Admins: Can you get on this right away?
Hurry up.
Thank you in advance.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,011 posts)LuckyCharms
(17,444 posts)I agonize over every stupid thing I ever said/did/typed.
It's a curse.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,011 posts)Letting go is not accomplished by fighting the recurring thoughts. Greet them (hello old friend) and then open a window in your mind and let a puff of fresh mental air and a sigh blow them away. As many times as it happens, don't combat them, acknowledge them and let them go.
What's done is done. No point in crying over spilt milk. The hand of time, having writ, moves on.
Worry about the things you can change (you did by self-deleting something, and also you did by posting the OP). Don't worry about what you can't change (replies). Seek the wisdom to tell the two apart.
By making that important distinction, it is easier to let go. Practice simply by doing, as needed.
Duncanpup
(12,862 posts)Yet time does make us forget
marble falls
(57,112 posts)... but I am quite good at ghosting my mistakes.
LuckyCharms
(17,444 posts)I tried to stop making the goofs, but it didn't work.
marble falls
(57,112 posts)Think. Again.
(8,189 posts)...because there's way too much actual bad stuff out there to be concerned about.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,011 posts)Xavier Breath
(3,642 posts)But doing so would conceivably also remove any responses to your post. So even if you feel your post was embarrassment-inducing, I'm betting the people that responded to you don't feel the same way about their posts and would like them to remain. My .02.
LuckyCharms
(17,444 posts)especially you.
Xavier Breath
(3,642 posts)But please don't underestimate my abilities for the dumb
Harker
(14,024 posts)Like what?
LuckyCharms
(17,444 posts)You know the one I mean, Harker.
That one.
That one.
I forget what it was about.
LuckyCharms
(17,444 posts)It was pretty stupid!
Harker
(14,024 posts)dweller
(23,642 posts)Adding to my collection The Stupid Sayings of Lucky Charms
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sop
(10,203 posts)Onthefly
(171 posts)Then
Niagara
(7,628 posts)I know, I've tried.
Niagara
(7,628 posts)Please never forget that!
debm55
(25,218 posts)ret5hd
(20,500 posts)i quickly look around and find someone elses post that is embarrassing and point to THAT post so no one notices my post.
in fact thats what im doing now
can you guide me to the post you want everyone to not see?
LoisB
(7,206 posts)cloudbase
(5,520 posts)Lucky for you I happen to have a working model for sale. Call me last Tuesday and we'll talk price.