Why are we being blamed when the other guy is in the wrong?
Meir had left his homework papers all over the dining room table. Mom, about to set the table for dinner, wasn’t happy. “Meir, I’ve asked you before. Please remove your things from
the table before six o’clock!”
Meir grumpily started gathering his belongings, complaining as he did so, “Why do you always have to yell?’’
Mom felt bad. But she was also confused. “Why am I the one ‘in trouble’ when it’s Meir who did the wrong thing?”
Meir isn’t feeling so bad right now. He’s not even thinking about his behavior; he’s thinking about his mother’s! This state of affairs often occurs when we deliver a less-than-perfect reprimand.
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