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And that, I think, is what is going to be so important in terms of even Joe Biden addressing a flip-flop or someone apologizing or explaining their evolution.
And that, I think, is what is going to be so important in terms of even Joe Biden addressing a flip-flop or someone apologizing or explaining their evolution.
In each case, we use the preposition 'to' with a person and 'for' to give the reason we're apologizing.
If every disagreement somehow ends with you apologizing, if you're always the one expected to be the bigger person, you might be stuck in a toxic pattern.
If every disagreement somehow ends with you apologizing, if you're always the one expected to "be the bigger person," you might be stuck in a toxic pattern.
I said this to you once when you were really sad, and you just kept apologizing for being sad or being a mess.
I said this to you once when you were really sad and you just kept apologizing for being sad or being a mess.
Why are you apologizing?
I'm not apologizing.
It was a situation where when they are late, when they miss an appointment, when they miss an activity that a couple had agreed upon, or a game of the children, or whatever it was, you know, that they make a point of apologizing.
and you're apologizing, that you consider that being considerate, "I'm aware and I'm apologizing." But when you apologize about your absence, what you missed, what you didn't do, you're basically still saying "I'm super important." I'm that important but I couldn't be there.
Like I hit a zebra on the way to work so I can show up party tonight, you know, um, or you're constantly apologizing.
Or you're constantly apologizing.
Apologizing constantly, even over things that the person with trauma has no control over, is also common.
Apologizing constantly, even over things that the person with trauma has no control over, is also common.
You might feel like you're constantly messing things up, apologizing too much, or regretting how you reacted.
You might feel like you're constantly messing things up, apologizing too much, or regretting how you reacted.
Instead of apologizing or scrambling to fix the technology, Elena walked to the whiteboard and began to draw.
Instead of apologizing or scrambling to fix the technology, Elena walked to the whiteboard and began to draw.