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Your personal life sounds more exciting than mine. In each case though you did it to begin with because 1) while you knew you would be sorry, you surmised you
by mac01021 8y ago
Your personal life sounds more exciting than mine.
In each case though you did it to begin with because
1) while you knew you would be sorry, you surmised you would be more sorry not doing it, or
2) did not believe anyone would mind your actions, or
3) did not realize you would so much regret it when others took offense to your actions.
#3 absolves you of nothing.
#2 absolves you unless you thought they wouldn't mind simply because they wouldn't know.
#1 could absolves you in theory, but might just reflect priorities that the recipient of your apology doesn't share.
All this is likely of little use to anyone, but I couldn't resist writing it down anyway.
- dkersten 8y agoAll three of your possibilities imply that it was on purpose and understood to be wrong to begin with. What about if you made a mistake: you thought you were doing the right thing, but turns out it was the wrong thing. Or you thought what you are doing wouldn’t impact anybody negatively. Or you did the right thing but it didn’t work out the way you anticipated. Or it was an innocent and honest thing you did, but somebody else took offence anyway. You can be sorry for things without there being any malice at play. We (humans) are not always good at predicting the future or other people’s reactions. We do stupid things and make stupid mistakes all the time and when these things affect others we often feel sorry that we did those things.