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water  ·  3806 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Lil's Book of Questions: How Many Times Do I Have to Apologize?

For me, there are some cases though where I need an apology, not like want, or think it would fair, but need because if it's not said, the relationship suffers. Also this point is a sort of crossroads, because if someone is so adamant about not apologizing, are they really taking my feelings into account? If they aren't taking my feelings into account, why are we anything beyond amicable acquaintances?

    how difficult it is for most people to apologize, and the fact that these sorts of apologies require an amount of self-reflection that is difficult a lot of the time.

My ex-boyfriend was like this.