I'm sorry

I used to have a hard time apologizing to others even when I was clearly wrong. I suppose I considered it a sign or weakness; of giving up. Nowadays I don't have a problem with apologizing to someone if I've legitimately done something wrong. I think it's a sign of respect and maturity and courage for that matter. it's not that easy to admit you're wrong!!
 
I surprise myself with how easy I find it to apologise in all honestly, but I still don't do it unless
a) I genuinely feel I have done the wrong thing
b) I am totally and utterly terrified of losing the respect/love/etc of the other person

Perhaps not so good, is that I usually feel justified in my actions and there are very few people who I consider important enough to warrant inclusion in reason b. So yeah, apologising isn't that hard, but outside of those circumstances I'm not overly apologetic in my personality.


Note: I'm talking about important apologies, not little inconsequential ones like if you accidentally bump someone going through a crowd.
 
I don't find it hard to apologize at all, I don't think it's something to do with pride, it doesn't make me feel any worse about myself. I am a bit too quick to apologize sometimes when it comes to, like, myself. Like apologizing for being enthusiastic about something or getting really hyped etc, but that's another thing.
 
I hate apologizing, even when I know it's my fault. It takes an awful lot of persuading to make me apologize to someone and I know that's a bad thing, but I can't help it. If there's no one to force me to apologize, I usually don't, but if it's for someone whom I love dearly, there's a 10% chance that yes, I will say sorry without anyone having to persuade me.
 
I live in UK, and apologising is quite an automatic verbal reaction to near enough anything and doesn't really hold true to the original meaning. I find myself and many others around me saying it far too often in that case.
However, a truly heartfelt "Im Sorry" I find incredibly difficult to say, I always fear that saying it will come across as not enough or not sincere enough. Or even worse come across as sarcastic. ಥ_ಥ
 
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