How to say that you are sorry?

I have no problem admitting to my mistakes infact I have been tolde I take blame where I shouldn't but I am always willing to accept and say sorry, I know where you are coming from by with your kids and such but I think if you talk to them as sitting them down explaining everyone makes mistakes and say your sorry as life is too short to and it is best to be up front and honest i think they will respect you more..and they will grow up hopefully by the example you have set.

If I have yelled at someone in front of others I would apologize to them in front of them also. I think that way the communication stays open with everyone involved and others aren't gossiping behind your back and making assumptions. I think people will respect you more if you are able to admit a mistake. As far as kids go I think parents should apologize to their children when they have made a mistake. I have and my kids have learned to apologize when they do the same. Learning by example is the best way I think. It teaches that we are all human.

When I was younger, I used to have the hardest time saying I'm sorry. It wasn't that i didn't feel bad, just the opposite. When I knew I was wrong, I felt so incredibly guilty, that it was hard for me to face the person.

Now, as I have gotten older, I have become much more at ease with apologizing when i know I'm in the wrong. If I care about the person I can even apologize if i know I'm in the right, but usually there i am apologizing for my behavior, reaction, or tone, not for what we were arguing about.

Once I have made my apology, then it's in the hands of the other person, and I'm ok with that too. If they accept, then great, I let it go. If they decide to stay upset or angry, well, then they must not have cared too much about me too begin with.

I got a point from a training class last week: normally you just need to express your sorry feelings using the word sorry only once. because people blame you after you use sorry for several times, and you will get a bad impression. so say sorry for once, show your sincere, that's all.

Well, I'm a straight forward person and I like to say the truth no matter how bitter it is. I know sometime I hurt people with what I said, and I always think that to say I'm sorry directly is the best way. It's their choice whether they can forgive me or not, but at least I have give it a try and being brave by saying sorry in person.

i have no problems in admitting my mistakes, but i can't take my pride off to say sorry for the mistakes i've done.:) well, i say sorry to some of my mistakes, it depends on the mood i have that day. and if i really have the mistakes to say sorry

Wrong is wrong, Sorry is sorry, Word is more powerful than gift. If you had done 10 mistakes, will you give 10 gifts or say sorry 10 times? I believe that most of the people will do min 1 mistake a day, I mean most of the people, not everyone. Of course, the moment when you say sorry, you must always remind youself, NOT TO REPEAT again instead of forget later and do it again. However, we are human being, and human always use to forget. Therefore, we must try to remember and remind ourselve again and again.

it's easy for me to say sorry especially when i know i did something wrong. I'm not the type of person who uses too much pride. When I say sorry, i mean it. and when I don't, well... you'll know.^__^ Im not perfect, there are times I say my sorry for just the sake of saying it. Just to get it over with. Something like that. But, when I know it's my fault and that when I know i've hurt someone badly, I sincerely apologize of what i do.:)

I'm not very comfortable with public apologies. I try to avoid them if I could because as far as I'm concerned, other people who have nothing to do with what I'm apologizing for shouldn't be involved. When I can't really say sorry, I try to be extra-nice to the person I want to say sorry to.

I am sorry.