I do often, though the good majority of the time the fault is not solely mine. Especially at work. For instance, the situation usually goes like this:
"So and so should have known better, but as their supervisor I admit that I should have been monitoring the situation more closely."
I always try to take my share of the blame, but I do get very defensive about taking more than my share.
I start going into human torch mode when people start trying to belittle me or put the guilt trip on after I've admitted my mistake and owned up to it. That usually goes like this:
"You know what? I admitted I was wrong, stated it won't happen again (which I'm EXTREMELY GOOD at making sure it doesn't) and apologized. If that's not good enough for you, go fuck yourself."
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