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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]just wanted to note that I do own up and admit the mistakes. I don't try to hide behind or blame others or pretend I never make errors or am never wrong.

but after reading all the posts, I think I should say sorry to my coworker because since almost all of you think so, she was definitely expecting one and probably was even more pissed at me for not apologizing... [/quote]

I think you're confusing two different type of "sorry"
there definitely is a current idea that women say I'm sorry way too much.  But that really relates to saying it as a filler or a deference mechanism.  "I'm sorry I didn't understand that last statement.  Could you repeat yourself?" or "I'm so sorry to bother you, but do you have that brief that was due to me two weeks ago?"

Saying I'm sorry when you actually screwed up is almost always a kind, polite, and appropriate thing to do.[/quote]

This, exactly. OP, if you were actually at fault for whatever happened, apologize. The other kind of sorry, as PP mentioned, avoid. [/quote]

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