Sour Grapes

Sour grapes is a psychological condition in which one starts to deny or look down on something simply because he or she cannot achieve it. Some move on to criticize so many things the moment they discover that they can not attain them one day in their lives.

Either consciously or unconsciously, everyone on earth has already undergone this feeling. And concrete examples proving this are countless. One of them is about my experience when I did not join a leisure trip organized by my school towards Tinguir.

At first, I was called upon to take part in the trip, and I accepted with so much pleasure. But later on, I forgot to take down my name in the list. On the day before the trip started, I learned from a friend of mine that they would depart the following day. I was too late to register my name, the thing that eventually prevented from participating in the trip.

I deeply regret it. Today, many flimsy excuses have come to my mind to help me find a way out of this regret. No matter how hard I try to discard them, they are still in mind trying to make me believe that a trip with students is not well worth taking. But in reality, this is not true.

And I need some time to convince myself that it was my fault. Anyway, I am not the only one who has suffered from sour grapes. No doubt saying so to you now is itself another sign of sour grapes.

Even a friend of mine has expressed her sour grapes unconsciously today when she said to me that beauty is not a criterion which has to be taken into account on the day of the proposal. If she were beautiful, I am certain she would not have said so. Oh, how sour the grapes really are!