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I just had to go separate a fight between my neighbors. What was the cause of the fight? The elder brother promised to send the younger brother to school by October. Unfortunately, things didn't work out for the elder brother as expected and he couldn't fulfil the promise.

The younger brother waa very angry and attacked the elder brother. His anger is that the brother made him to waste time banking on a promise he could not fulfil. That's the extent failed promises can break people.

Have you ever failed a promise? Who did you make the promise to? Why did you fail?
 
No, I don't make promises I can't keep. It's why I don't make any promises easily to anyone, it doesn't matter how much I love them.
 
Honestly, yes but I'm not proud of it , but life happens. I try to keep my word, but some situations just didn't go as planned. The key thing is owning up and doing better next time.
 
I am very careful with making promises. I always try to make sure that my "word is my bond". I don't allow any situation to push me to make promises that I am not sure that I would be able to keep. Fulfilling every promise I make is paramount to me.
 
I am very careful with making promises. I always try to make sure that my "word is my bond". I don't allow any situation to push me to make promises that I am not sure that I would be able to keep. Fulfilling every promise I make is paramount to me.

While this is great, it is not always as easy as anyone would make it seem. There are times when we would make promises and either the plans didn't go as we wanted or something came up along the line which made it impossible to fulfil such promises.
 
I can't remember any promise that I failed but I'm someone that love to keep to every words I said no matter whom I made it to.
 
I can't remember any promise that I failed but I'm someone that love to keep to every words I said no matter whom I made it to.

That speaks good of you as a person. To be able to honor your words is an interesting thing that one should work towards doing.
 
That speaks good of you as a person. To be able to honor your words is an interesting thing that one should work towards doing.
I don't like disappointment though I'm not 100% depending on people. I will love to do my part and that's just it. I know that people have failed to keep their promises but I always love to keep my own part.
 
I don't like disappointment though I'm not 100% depending on people. I will love to do my part and that's just it. I know that people have failed to keep their promises but I always love to keep my own part.
You are exactly like me. I am realistic enough to always expect less from people. But I hate to be the one on whose end a promise failed from. I always want to fulfil everything I promise someone that I would do. If I fail, just know that I couldn't help it. And I must find a way to compensate.
 
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You are exactly like me. I am realistic enough to always expect less from people. But I hate to be the one on whose end a promise failed from. I always want to fulfil everything I promise someone that I would do. If I fail, just know that I couldn't help it. And I must find a way to compensate.
I have a good way to compensate people so well that they see it as if I'm pushing myself to be liked by them or to get something from them. If you are close to me, you will know that I'm always ready to please people and also make them feel relaxed to trust me, that's why I don't fail my promises.
 
I might have forgotten doing something l promised someone I would do like get them a gift or something like that. It's not something I do on purpose and whenever they remind me, I'll make sure to fulfill the promise.
 
I won’t lie neither am I going to form a saint here. I have failed to fulfill promises on certain occasions, but if I had to back out of a plan because something unexpected happened, I would always feel very terrible.
 
I have personally failed to fulfil promises severally. But having felt the pains recently of one promising you something and failing, I am consciously being careful of making promises, especially ones that are not entirely within my control.