It’s a very important issue. And you should apologize to me for hurting my feelings just now! How dare dismiss my concerns!… unless, of course, you think you ha

It’s a very important issue. And you should apologize to me for hurting my feelings just now! How dare dismiss my concerns!… unless, of course, you think you have nothing to apologize for. aaannd scene! Do you see what I did, there? I am demonstrating the dynamic. I don’t really think you owe me an apology. But surely you have noticed that there is very frequently a disagreement among people about who owes who an apology and for what reasons. So the first thing in any article about apology should be what it means and why give one. A much lesser priority is how to give one.