Some people rarely apologize and because of that you know that they actually feel sorry or regret for whatever the situation is. You let them slide because you can genuinely tell that they feel bad and will do what they can to make sure they don’t have to apologize again anytime soon or do what they can to strengthen that trust. These are the type of people we always want to surround ourselves with and ones that I’m glad to call my friends.
Then you have the other ones that tend to apologize all the time. You can’t take their word as bond because you know you’ll end up sad in the end. After a while you no longer get sad because the expectations you have are low. My question is- how do these people view themselves? Is it that hard to know that you make promises you don’t keep? Is it that hard to think that you can count more than 10 times you’ve had to apologize to someone?
It is hard to rid the apologizers from your life if they are people you care about, but do you hold on thinking that they’ll change their behavior? It’s easy to say “I’ll cut this person out of my life,” but they are still in your cell phone contact list and in your email address book.
An apology can mean you screwed up, you regret it, and you'll work on being a better person and regain trust. An apology can also mean……NOTHING. I’ll end it with this………don’t apologize if you don’t mean it. You’ll get closer to being deleted from someone’s cell phone contact list, email address book, and oh hell no………facebook or myspace.
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