In my previous article 3 Ways Apologizing Turns into Shifting Blame I mentioned how we never want to be wrong. Therefore, it makes it hard to apologize. We may even see it as a weakness. This week I was doing some reading in “Things I Wish I’d Known before We Got Married” by Gary Chapman….
You decide you need to apologize to your mate for raising your voice at them. You know that it was inappropriate and was not being respectful. You muster up enough humility to go up to your spouse and say, “I’m sorry that I raised my voice at you. That was inappropriate.” If you leave it…
There are some things I say to my husband in anger or frustration that even make me cringe! In the fires of impulsivity, emotions rage and words fly. Certain phrases seem to slip out undetected and unannounced, without forethought or deliberation. Regret immediately surges through me and I automatically wish I would’ve just kept my…
Guest Post by Dr. Jennifer M. Thomas // Are there friends or family members whom you rarely hear apologize? Their apologies my be long overdue. Here is the problem: we have a natural tendency to gloss over what we have done wrong. Perhaps we hope that if we don’t say how self-centered or thoughtless we…
