It is human nature to make preliminary judgements about a person that you first meet, or don’t yet know well. Although most of us understand that it is better not to judge a book by it’s cover so to speak, we still can’t help ourselves from imagining what a person is like based on what little information we have. Likewise, other people will do the same regarding us. But what if the assumptions that they make are false?

When you recognise that someone has made false assumptions about you the first thing that will be on your mind is how to deal with it. While some assumptions may be in your favor, others may decidedly be to your disadvantage. Even those which have a nice ring to them can afford you with difficulty later, if you can’t change the perspective of the person who has the wrong idea about you.

Perhaps the best way to handle the situation is to put the individual who is wrong straight as soon as possible by telling them about their misdemeanor. This will save you allot of time and explanations later on, should you leave their assumptions to grow and expand.

At times though, it can be hard to walk right up to someone and tell them that their assumptions are false. They may be a person which whom you don’t socialise, or who is unapproachable.

In such a case the only positive thing to do is to realise that this person is the one at fault, not you. If they think badly of you for no good reason, other than their negative assumptions, then this is because they don’t know you very well. Other people who do know you will know better. They won’t be perturbed by this persons poor judgement of you, other than to support you.

Simply by being yourself and letting your good character shine through you will demonstrate to others that any false information about you being banded about, is untrue. You have nothing to prove, however you probably will see that the individual at fault will soon recognise that they have made a mistake as soon as they witness your behaviour and liaise with people who really do know you.

It can be hurtful when people make false assumptions about you, if the assumptions are negative. At other times the assumptions may not regard you in a poor light, but may just be wrong. Others may assume that you are married when you are not, or that you have children simply because of you age.

These types of assumptions tend to be made without malice by people who just haven’t thought things through, or who are a little narrow minded. When this happens, if you can’t put them straight right away, if doesn’t matter if you leave them to figure out their misdemeanour for themselves.

When they do, they may well be embarrassed, and so less likely to jump to conclusions about you or other people so quickly in the future.

At the end of the day, any form of false assumptions do not really reflect on you as a person. They are the accusers problem, as they demonstrate his or her lack of forethought or perspective.