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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
(49,002 posts)LuckyCharms
(17,440 posts)I agonize over every stupid thing I ever said/did/typed.
It's a curse.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 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
(12,842 posts)Yet time does make us forget
marble falls
(57,093 posts)... but I am quite good at ghosting my mistakes.
LuckyCharms
(17,440 posts)I tried to stop making the goofs, but it didn't work.
marble falls
(57,093 posts)Think. Again.
(8,142 posts)...because there's way too much actual bad stuff out there to be concerned about.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 posts)Xavier Breath
(3,630 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
(17,440 posts)especially you.
Xavier Breath
(3,630 posts)But please don't underestimate my abilities for the dumb
Harker
(14,018 posts)Like what?
LuckyCharms
(17,440 posts)You know the one I mean, Harker.
That one.
That one.
I forget what it was about.
LuckyCharms
(17,440 posts)It was pretty stupid!
Harker
(14,018 posts)dweller
(23,634 posts)Adding to my collection The Stupid Sayings of Lucky Charms
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sop
(10,185 posts)Onthefly
(168 posts)Then
Niagara
(7,615 posts)I know, I've tried.
Niagara
(7,615 posts)Please never forget that!
debm55
(25,213 posts)ret5hd
(20,491 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
(5,516 posts)Lucky for you I happen to have a working model for sale. Call me last Tuesday and we'll talk price.