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Topic: Assumptions
singmesweet Joined Mon 07/28/08 Posts: 26661	Sat 05/30/09 05:52 PM
Do you tend to make assumptions about people you don't know? Or, do you ask questions and get to know them first?

wannacuddlewthme Joined Tue 11/11/08 Posts: 7110	Sat 05/30/09 05:54 PM
I assume

TxsSun Joined Wed 05/20/09 Posts: 14582	Sat 05/30/09 05:55 PM
I use to make assumptions, but as I have gotten older, I wait to figure it out. Ok, Ok, I try to anyway

Gossipmpm Joined Tue 03/03/09 Posts: 19414	Sat 05/30/09 06:02 PM
I always ask questions Lots of them!!

lovespassion Joined Wed 12/03/08 Posts: 244	Sat 05/30/09 06:04 PM
I must say i some times do but think better if shoot from the hip right at the start if you like the person

daytime Joined Sat 04/25/09 Posts: 2735	Sat 05/30/09 06:13 PM
It is easy to make assumptions but I know that some of my assumptions have been way off, completely wrong....it is great to be pleasantly surprized by people.

Thoughtfulthug Joined Tue 05/05/09 Posts: 514	Sat 05/30/09 06:48 PM
Kinda strange that in some cases some people would ask a question, and the person who would recieve it, will imediately say why make such assumption.

Jess642 Joined Sat 03/31/07 Posts: 22732	Sat 05/30/09 06:56 PM
I find that in this medium, people always show themselves for who they are....eventually.

quiet_2008 Joined Sat 08/30/08 Posts: 11138	Sat 05/30/09 06:57 PM
you know what they say about the word "assumption" sooner ot later it makes an ass out of you and "umption"

MahanMahan Joined Wed 01/21/09 Posts: 5844	Sat 05/30/09 07:01 PM
Making assumptions is fun...! ...until someone gets butt hurt, then it becomes hilarious!

singmesweet Joined Mon 07/28/08 Posts: 26661	Sat 05/30/09 07:06 PM
For those who mostly make assumptions, do you find that your assumptions are usually correct?

TxsSun Joined Wed 05/20/09 Posts: 14582	Sat 05/30/09 07:07 PM
Mine weren't. That is why I try to ask and get to know first.

Jess642 Joined Sat 03/31/07 Posts: 22732	Sat 05/30/09 07:07 PM
For those who mostly make assumptions, do you find that your assumptions are usually correct? Assumption, or intuition....? You can usually sniff out genuine people who may be a little on guard, from arseholes pretty easily...

MahanMahan Joined Wed 01/21/09 Posts: 5844	Sat 05/30/09 07:12 PM
For those who mostly make assumptions, do you find that your assumptions are usually correct? Don't we all make assumptions to a degree? Call it intuition, first impression, or a pre-conceived notion... half the time we could be wrong. I know I've been wrong so often, I got a foot-in-mouth desease...!

Thoughtfulthug Joined Tue 05/05/09 Posts: 514	Sat 05/30/09 07:14 PM
For those who mostly make assumptions, do you find that your assumptions are usually correct? It is hard to keep track of all the assumptions I've had ever made! Not like I keep a log to put it all down you know. :)

FearandLoathing Joined Fri 12/28/07 Posts: 30121	Sat 05/30/09 07:17 PM Edited by FearandLoathing on Sat 05/30/09 07:18 PM
I don't honestly care, used too...didn't work out for me, so I quit. I don't care what they are and to who, chances are I won't see them again anyway. Where I work I get threatened almost daily by customers for any number of different reasons, I make my stand as I treat everyone with the same respect that is given. I make small assumptions, but usually those are just random useless tidbits like "I bet he humps beds" or "if he had a chance he would hump a bed"...

singmesweet Joined Mon 07/28/08 Posts: 26661	Sat 05/30/09 07:21 PM
For those who mostly make assumptions, do you find that your assumptions are usually correct? Don't we all make assumptions to a degree? Call it intuition, first impression, or a pre-conceived notion... half the time we could be wrong. I know I've been wrong so often, I got a foot-in-mouth desease...! I'm not saying we don't. I'm just asking what people think. I can't say I never assume anything, but for the most part, I try not to.

Thoughtfulthug Joined Tue 05/05/09 Posts: 514	Sat 05/30/09 07:26 PM
A trappist monk can probably go on without assuming or a Tzaddik Hador to put it betta. So you are stuck with the rest of the human race to keep on assuming because that's that.

MahanMahan Joined Wed 01/21/09 Posts: 5844	Sat 05/30/09 07:30 PM Edited by MahanMahan on Sat 05/30/09 07:34 PM
Well, I don't usually make assumptions based on cultural or ethnic stereotypes. My downfall is that I assume everyone is trustworthy, everyone has a sense of humor and the worst assumption of all, that everyone loves me....! I've unintentionally upset a few people right here on mingle, cuz I've joked around, or gotten too friendly with them... I just can't seem to be able to change my goofy behavior.

msmyka Joined Sat 03/22/08 Posts: 17079	Sat 05/30/09 07:36 PM
I only make assumptions which are reasonable surmise based on their representation of themselves. Specifically as it pertains to this site, I can reasonably assume that someone who refuses to type in complete sentences or fails to use any form of punctuation WILL inevitably annoy the sh*t out of me.