National Blame Someone Else Day, which falls on the first Friday the 13th of the year, gives people a chance to get away with their mistakes by shifting the blame onto somebody else. It is yet another pop-culture holiday that leverages interpersonal communication, albeit with a lot of hurt feelings.

Some people have a habit of finger-pointing at unsuspecting victims to cover up their own blunders instead of owning up to them. Many of us have encountered people of such kind in our lives, and Blame Someone Else Day is sort of a sarcastic take on these individuals.

To celebrate the day, you can have a lot of interesting activities with your family and friends, including blaming each other for fun and watching crime dramas where protagonists are framed and punished for things they didn't do.

History of Blame Someone Else Day

We have Anne Moeller of Clio, Michigan, to blame for this occasion. It was she who came up with this "unofficial" holiday in 1982.

One day, Moeller experienced a domino effect of misfortunes, starting with her alarm clock failing to go off in the morning and therefore affecting the series of appointments she had set for that day.

As an excuse for missing her commitments on that fateful day, she invented the occasion. And since it happened on a Friday the 13th, which is considered a very unlucky day in Western superstition, she thought it should be observed on the first Friday the 13th of each year.

Quotes About Blaming Other People

Here are some quotes about blaming others, which can help us understand the downsides to always shifting the blame onto other people and what those who keep doing so may be going through. (Courtesy: Wow 4 U and Pinterest)

  • "You become a victim when you blame yourself or others for some problem or error." – Jay Fiset
  • "When we assign blame we are pointing the finger to who or what is responsible for a fault or for wrongdoing. We are trying to make others accountable. Blaming does not solve a problem it usually only makes people defensive." – Catherine Pulsifer
  • "However, anger usually involves the externalizing of blame. When we become angry, we usually consider the source of our anger to be outside ourselves." – Raymond A. DiGiuseppe
  • "Sometimes we are just the collateral damage in someone else's war against themselves." – Laura Eden
  • "You can make mistakes but you aren't a failure until you start blaming others for those mistakes." – John Wooden.
  • "Mature adult children quit blaming their parents and start honoring them." – Anonymous.
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