When is an apology not an apology?
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2014 6:36 pm
I have a friend of a friend who's had a little falling out with someone. Don't really want to go into details but one of them won't talk to the other unless the other apologises (or something).
Anyway, the guy that needs to do the apologising has said "I have no problem with apologising to you and I hope in return you apologise to me." That's all well and good but the other guy says that just saying 'I have no problem apologising' isn't really an apology in itself. I tend to agree and told my friend so. But what do the forumites think?
I mean, if I had no problem apologising to someone, I'd just apologise rather than waste time saying 'I have no problem apologising'. That's a bit silly and you're just doing a merry dance around actually doing it. Am I crazy? What do you all think?
I'm posting this as I think it's a safer subject than ISIS. Some people don't want to talk about ISIS.
Anyway, the guy that needs to do the apologising has said "I have no problem with apologising to you and I hope in return you apologise to me." That's all well and good but the other guy says that just saying 'I have no problem apologising' isn't really an apology in itself. I tend to agree and told my friend so. But what do the forumites think?
I mean, if I had no problem apologising to someone, I'd just apologise rather than waste time saying 'I have no problem apologising'. That's a bit silly and you're just doing a merry dance around actually doing it. Am I crazy? What do you all think?
I'm posting this as I think it's a safer subject than ISIS. Some people don't want to talk about ISIS.