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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.
  • 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.
  • 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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