Put the blame on me Instinctively, or naturally, whenever we find our back facing the ground we tend to look for something to put the blame on. Nobody likes to fall. Even when we know fall is inevitable at that breakneck speed we were going. But the responsible thing to do in such situation is to put the blame on 'me.' Only that the 'me' there is you. ' Cause there must be something one could have done to salvage the situation.