The Question

People make mistakes.

Ok, more specifically Beloved made a mistake. My question is, how can you tell when the mistake is a one-time transgression or a major flaw in their character?

Do you look at past history? At their childhood? At their current situation?

'Why?' I asked point blank. Trying to understand something that completely made no sense to me.

'I don't know.' Such a simple reply. Some say it's a cop-out, and I respect that view. But what if you really don't know?

Was it a brain fart?

A one-time lapse in judgment?

Or a glimpse of one's true character (or character flaw, depending on how you look at it)?

I wonder...