Sorry...

United States
May 7, 2008 11:55am CST
Do you say sorry when you have done something wrong? Do you apologize for your mistakes? Or do you just let things lay the way they are and hope things will just disappear or go away? Some people are really good about saying they are sorry when they have done something that offended someone else or wronged someone else and other are not. Some people just ignore the situation and hope others will just forget. Be honsest which are you? I try very hard to say I'm sorry if I have hurt someone or done something wrong. Sometimes that is not easy. Sometimes it is very difficult to say that I am sorry because I know that sometimes people don't forgive easily and I hate hurting people or making them feel bad. So do you say that you are sorry? And is it hard to do?
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@elitess (5070)
• Ipswich, England
13 May 08
Yes, i say sorry, most of the times. I would be a lier to say that i always say "im sorry" . Sometimes i am to upset.
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@elisa812 (3026)
• United States
9 May 08
I always try to make a it a point to apologize if I've done something wrong. I don't think it's very hard for me to do, because I actually feel a lot better after saying that I'm sorry for something. I would just feel really guilty if I knew I had done something to upset someone and didn't apologize for it afterward. It really makes me upset when I realize I have hurt someone, so I always say that I'm sorry. I think that it is also easier to respect someone when they aren't too proud to apologize.
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• Canada
13 May 08
If I know that I have done something wrong, and I know that apologizing will fix it, I will apologize every time. If I know that I am right, and someone else is just trying to lay the blame on me, then I will not apologize. I will not take the blame for someone else.
@ruthinian (2309)
• United States
8 May 08
Yes, I am a very tactful person and as much as possible I don't want to offend people. I can keep my mouth shut forever if I have to if that is what it takes not to hurt other people's feeling. I believe in the saying, less talk less mistakes. I say sorry when I know I am wrong or when I know that I offended something. That is why I feel bad when somebody wouldn't do the same when he/she hurts my feeling or done something bad to me.
@Breath (1297)
• United States
13 May 08
Words are power...They can hurt more then a hit to the face...When your heart gets a bruise it never fully goes away..if i know i have hurt someone it hurts me...When I say I am sorry I do it with a open heart and hope they can forgive me...
@lvaldean (1612)
• United States
9 May 08
I don't find it difficult at all to apologize when I am wrong.
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@SViswan (12051)
• India
8 May 08
I know lots of people who hesitate to apologize even when they are wrong. But I'm not like that...and as long as I realize my mistake, I have no qualms in saying 'sorry'. It is difficult sometimes....but I always muster up the courage to say it and then feel so good later.
@AshleyHasan (1024)
• India
8 May 08
For me it is very easy to say sorry, I say sorry immediately especially if I hurt some on or hurt their feelings or if I do any mistake which they dont like.... I like to say sorry and be normal with them again ... Saying sorry is not a hard thing but most of them dont like to say that , reasons might be different...
• Malaysia
8 May 08
Honestly, I would say sorry and apologize for my mistakes. I have some kind of guilt feeling if i just lay my mistakes the way they are and i wont hope things will just disappear or go away just like that. I feel I have a responsibility over my mistakes and that the other party deserves an apology. I do expect the same thing from others too when they have done something wrong to me. It is easy to say sorry for small little mistakes that doesn't really have a big effect on others. But if I were to have said something very wrong and it somehow hurt someone's feeling, it is honestly, very hard to ask for forgiveness as some are not so forgiving. I'd pray hard to get some forgiveness to those i have done wrong to.
@lunmun (127)
• China
8 May 08
I always to tell sorry to the people when i make a mistake and do wrong things for some people .at one time ,idont say sorry to some people when i was a pretty boy ,i often offend some people and do nothing for my wrong activities.as the time goes on and i grow up ,now i become a adult and i know somethings more .now i make an apologize when i do wrong things or offend somepeople .
• United States
8 May 08
I do end up opologizing to the person I may have hurt. I find that if I don't it just hangs over my head til I do. I hate haveing the feeling nag at me like this so I go and opologize.
• Philippines
8 May 08
Always. My friends say that I'm too apologetic. I say sorry even for things that I didn't do or for situations where I was not at fault. So I don't find saying sorry difficult. I observed that most people who can't seem to say sorry or does say sorry but dont mean it; is that they don't want to lose face or they want to maintain their tough demeanor. It's like a blow to their ego if they sorry. I hope they realize that it doesn't make them less of a person if they admit that they were wrong or they messed up. Hey! We all make mistakes. :)
• Philippines
8 May 08
saying sorry is not difficult. saying sorry "sincerely" is different from just saying so. accepting what you had done wrong is also a big factor in the word SORRY. some people just took hard time to say this, this means they had guilt in their feelings. i normally says i'm sorry. for what just i had accepted that i commit wrong to someone.
• Singapore
8 May 08
I do apologise most of the time, if I am wrong that is. But sometimes I don't even know whether I really am sorry for what I did to a person or not. To me "Sorry" can mean 2 things, to put the problem to an end without solving it, or to actually solve the problem by explaining why you're sorry. Sounds quite complicated,but then, I just feel that apologising can mean these ways.
@anawar (2404)
• United States
7 May 08
The difficult part is finding out why you hurt your friend. They may be reluctant to tell you why they're angry with you because they don't want to hurt your feelings. Of course, this is counter productive to a trusting relationship. I'm always willing to say I'm sorry, if someone tells me what they are angry about. I may not agree with their anger, but it's very real to them. Sometimes, we do things and other people take offense, misunderstanding our actions. If we can get them to talk we get a chance to apologize and to explain. The angry person may be very surprised to learn of your true feelings or actions when you talk over what happened. I always start with, 'I'm sorry if I did something to offend you, can we talk about it?' I know I have to wait until the injured party is ready to talk. Sometimes, we agree just to mend our feelings towards each other because the upset wasn't important, maybe just a bad day or mood. But, if I'm upset or angry with someone_ I work it out inside of me and don't confront the other person at all.
@xlinzixx (510)
7 May 08
i always say sorry if ive done someting wrong or i feel i have to and i never realy find it hard to say infact some people even say i apologise too much for things that aint my fault and that im too polite lol
@jesbellaine (4139)
• Philippines
8 May 08
Yes, I do apologize sincerely if I am really wrong or if I have hurt someone so bad that I could get it out of my mind but I have to admit that sometimes I dont say "sorrY" when I am not sincere at all even if it is my mistake. I usually get a time off then reflect first before saying "i am sorry" to someone.
@katsmeow1213 (28717)
• United States
7 May 08
I'm really not the type to say sorry. I will over minor things, like if I accidentally bump into you. But I'm one of those that has a problem admitting and even seeing my own faults. Not that I think I'm perfect or anything, it's just when I know I've done something wrong, I like to try to place the blame elsewhere or divert the attention instead of admitting and apologizing. Admitting when you're wrong can be hard to do. But I think it's something I should work on.
@mikeysmom (2088)
• United States
7 May 08
it depends on who i need to say i am sorry to. i find it easy when it is my son and very hard when it is my husband because most of the time i only apologize to him to get past whatever the argument was so he won't go on being spiteful. he is vindictive and spiteful when he is angry so he is tough to deal with. i say i am sorry even if i do not mean it because it is easier for me in the long run. i will apologize from the heart with most other people though but i will not apologize for something if i think i was right. that i will not do.
@chou_chou (141)
• United States
8 May 08
I always say "sorry" when I have mistakes . But I don't like some people saying "sorry" a lot of time with the same mistake .