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How to Apologize ProperlyBY: Evelyn Lalisan | Category: Relationships | Submitted: 2010-04-02 04:08:26
Sometimes there comes a time when you unintentionally offend a close friend and this leads to a strain in your relationship. It could be something that you had said that could have offended your friend but then that was not really your intention at all. What do you think do you have to do to alleviate the situation? Right, you apologize at once, and with the sincerest feelings that you can offer. Why do others find it hard to apologize? For some people apologizing denotes a sign of weakness. They think that once they do so it would be degrading to their image. The offended party would feel hurt and insulted so they think they deserve an apology. So to save the relationship one should know how to apologize properly. Apology also would help create the opportunity to forgive and eventually patch up the relationship. How do you apologize? It can be based on two important factors - attitude and intention. If you are not sincere in your apology then it comes out as something useless. Perhaps it would be nice to remember some important pointers on how to apologize properly. If you believe that your relationship is very important to you, then you would have to think about it seriously. The intensity of your apology is important in this case because you value your relationship. You just don't do it casually or your apology would have no impact at all. Apologize and be honest of your feelings. Don't find fault on anybody else, acknowledge your mistake and try to amend so by showing empathy in your actions. Don't be defensive but instead try to take responsibility for your actions and try to show more consideration of the feelings of the person you have hurt. If you really have the intent to save the relationship you must by all means seek out a solution to convey your apology. Make it up to the other person in some other way. Don't expect that things would be okay within a short time. Sometimes it depends on the hurt you cause to the other person and the hurt would take some time to heal. Even if you have done all you can to apologize with all your sincerity, things may still be a bit strained. If the person does not accept your apology right away, give it time and be more patient. Don't press or force the issue. You may also write a letter to convey your apology and this would give the other person some time to think about it. This also proves the sincerity of your apology and letting the other person know that you consider this relationship important to you. You may ask some common friends to intervene; but do so discreetly and not too imposing on the other person. Apologizing is a good act of showing regret to the person that you have offended. It means that you accept responsibility for what you have done and that you are regretting the consequences that arose from it. It doesn't lessen your status as a person; in actuality it adds more to the maturity of you as an individual because you know that you have to apologize because you have done something wrong and that you have the guts to acknowledge it by way of making an apology. Article Source: http://www.writearticles.org/ About Author / Additional Info: Comments on this article: (0 comments so far)
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