Maybe i'm supposed to be vs Maybe i was supposed to be

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Maybe I'm supposed to be' is used when talking about a current or ongoing situation, while 'Maybe I was supposed to be' is used when referring to a past event or situation.

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Maybe i'm supposed to be

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to a current or ongoing situation.

This phrase is used to express uncertainty or doubt about one's current role or purpose.

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Maybe I'm supposed to be sitting in a chair.
Maybe I'm supposed to. be alone.
Like maybe I'm not supposed to be here.
I feel like maybe I'm not supposed to be on Earth or something.
Maybe I'm not supposed to be in a relationship.
I am a vampire, and I'm only just now realizing that maybe I'm not supposed to be in a monogamous relationship.
I am a vampire, and I'm only just now realizing that maybe I'm not supposed to be in a monogamous relationship.
Maybe... maybe I'm supposed to let go.
Maybe I'm supposed to help them find the person who did it.
Or maybe I'm supposed to help people generally lead a more righteous life?
Maybe I was supposed to go see the Ghostbusters with my dad.
Maybe I was supposed to gamble on the pupa.
Maybe I was supposed to help you find your guy... Leopold.
People we were maybe supposed to be with?
Maybe I'm not supposed to hear from her.
Maybe I was supposed to go through all of that with Steven just so that I could meet you.
I mean, if it's this hard to get to the ocean, maybe I'm not supposed to see it.
Maybe I'm not supposed to have one, Mom.
Maybe it's supposed to be his name... rose.
Maybe we're supposed to learn something from them.

Alternatives:

perhaps I am meant to be
maybe I should be

Maybe i was supposed to be

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to a past event or situation.

This phrase is used to express a belief or speculation about a past role or purpose that may not have been fulfilled.

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I thought maybe this was supposed to be your father.
No,'cause for a minute there, you actually had me thinking that there was some greater meaning to all of this, that - that maybe, just maybe, I was supposed to be in-house counsel for the almighty.
Maybe I was supposed to go see the Ghostbusters with my dad.
Maybe I was supposed to gamble on the pupa.
Maybe I was supposed to help you find your guy... Leopold.
Maybe I was supposed to go through all of that with Steven just so that I could meet you.
Okay, I don't want to die. I asked if maybe I was supposed to die.
Wendell thinks maybe he was supposed to be an eagle.
You know, I was supposed to fly back to the coast tomorrow, but maybe I'll change my plans; stay in town a while.
Maybe I wasn't where I was supposed to be.
Maybe I'm supposed to be sitting in a chair.
Maybe I'm supposed to. be alone.
Okay, so maybe your wife was supposed to find it.
I was supposed to be, but Berlin just seemed so far... from things, so I... I thought maybe I would... try something else for a while.
Like maybe I'm not supposed to be here.
Maybe... maybe I'm supposed to let go.
Maybe I'm supposed to help them find the person who did it.
People we were maybe supposed to be with?
Maybe he's the brother that I was supposed to have married.
I feel like maybe I'm not supposed to be on Earth or something.

Alternatives:

perhaps I was meant to be
maybe I should have been

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Maybe i'm supposed to be vs Maybe i was supposed to be