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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly? I do try to learn from past mistakes so ideally I’m not on a constant apology tour. Growth is underrated.

That said, I’ll absolutely apologize when I screw up. Taking responsibility is just basic adulting, and yes, it does defuse a lot of nonsense.

But I side-eye the idea that maturity = racking up “decades of apologies.” If you’re apologizing constantly, either you’re surrounded by chaos… or you’re over-owning things that aren’t actually yours. (Women are especially good at this.)

So how often do I apologize? When I’m wrong. According to my husband (or at least he’d better say this lol), that is never, which I think proves my emotional maturity just fine. HAHA.[/quote]

I am not apologizing constantly nor surrounded by chaos. But when I say or do something that led to some kind of negative reaction and response - be it at home or work or with friends - and I can see my role in it, I apologize. Doesn’t mean I grovel at someone’s feet, just acknowledge that I am sorry and could have said or done things differently.

I think I apologized 3 times this week. One I missed an email and therefore a deadline at work. Two - I didn’t return a text from a friend as I needed to check my calendar and then forgot to answer her and she needed a reply, and Three - I apologized at home because I was tired and snapped back a response when asked a completely reasonable question. All very minor things but I could have done things differently in all 3 cases. [/quote]

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