9.从错误中学习

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从错误中学会面对错误

上周我和男朋友决定周末租车出去玩。我负责与租车公司谈价格和合同。结果由于我的粗心最后签的合同与谈好的价格不符。男朋友劝我去跟他们据理力争，我却由于不愿意面对自己的失误，宁愿花冤枉钱也不去跟他们讲理。我们大吵一架后，我认识到了自己的错误。当时真应该及时面对失误去找他们据理力争的。

I wanna talk about a time when I had a fierce argument with my boyfriend last Sunday. Well, to be honest, it was my fault. But I was too proud to admit it at first.

So here is the thing. My boyfriend and I had planned a get-away(短途旅行) last weekend. Since he had a driver’s license, we decided to rent a car and made it a road trip. I offered to contact the car rental company and tried to get a good deal with them. Anyway, after a few calls, I went to sign the contract. Of course, there was a loophole(漏洞) in the contract, but how would I have noticed that? I didn’t even have a good read of it! The contract clearly stated that my 30 percent off deal was only valid for long term car rental, for example, you need to rent the car for over a week. Yet we were away for only a weekend, which according to the contract, received no discount, and plus we needed to pay somehandling charge（手续费）. When my boyfriend realized that he asked me to go and talk to them, yet I would have rather paid the extra money than admit I made a mistake by not reading the contract first. He thought I was ridiculous. I called himstingy (小气鬼). Now looking back, I realize I was impossible! The argument ended with my apology. But we were both hurt and exhausted at the end. And the extra money could have been saved.

If I had faced up to my mistake in the first place, we wouldn’t have paid the extra three hundred and the argument wouldn’t have happened. So yeah, I shouldn’t be so stubborn with my mistakes next time.