I am not too proud to saying sorry if I have offended anyone even if that wasn’t my intent just a feeling that I might have offended someone would lead me to apologise.
What I find here and in the vanilla world is people are just unable to say it.
Why is this?
If you felt you had offended someone would you apologise?
Would you accept apologises?
I'm always sorry
for everything
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yes, and i have only this morning, to a my best friend of 20 years after i said some things on friday that I regret now.
One of the hardest things to do, but one of the best things you can learn to do.
I think some are worthless personally. It a word that rolls off the tongue time an time again with ease from some people.... in some situations used to cover their own guilt and a cop out to get out of what they see as potential face to face conflict, that they don't want to deal with or resolve. Some are given far to late an too much damage done ever to go back!
If I bump into someone in the street, I say sorry as a matter of course - I mean it at the time yet think no more of it. Those encounters are with strangers, its more of a polite sorry.
I apologise meaningfully and sincerely - when I have truly been wrong or my actions have been out of order or impact on someone's life. I also give an explanation of what I'm apologising for and why and give the other person an opportunity to say how they felt by my actions etc.
Unfortunately some people see saying sorry as a sign of weakness.
On the subject of apologies, these were the first things that came to mind....
1)Theres a difference between saying sorry because you think you should....and other people thinking that you should .
2)Different scenarios demand different types of apology too.
3)What matters is the sincertey of the apology and what exactly one is apologising for.
4)Then again, one can apologise in good faith, and the recipient is too pig headed to accept the apology was sincere.
I could go on.....
personally, Im wondering what this thread is about...
Thanks for the clarification.
Looking at it from the other side....how many people accept someone's apology TOO readily?
Someone could apologise to you and you can either accept it but pass it off( ie it's fine, no problem ) so not really mean it, you can accept it but clear the air properly to get things back on track or just turn your back on them and their apology.
It's easier to accept sorry than to say it and I'd bet most people would take the first way