The Best Ways to Say: I'm Sorry

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The Best Ways to Say I'm Sorry
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Research shows successful Relationships know how
to offer real apologies. Here are five
characteristics of what a genuine, meaningful
apology looks and sounds like

1. Show accountability
2. Validate your partners feelings
3. Express your feelings
4. Offer Reassurance
5. Offer up a repair or amends

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Show Accountability

• The offending person accepts full responsibility
  for actions or words without blaming others or
  circumstances, nor making excuses. Words like I
  didnt mean to and It wasnt my intention are
  ways of letting yourself off the hook and
  remaining innocent in your own eyes

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Validate your Partners Feelings

• Never tell your partner that his or her
  perspective is wrong and could not possibly be
  true because it contradicts your own point of
  view. This discredits your apology

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Express your Feelings
Tell your partner that it matters to you that you
hurt him or her. How does witnessing your
spouses pain make you feel right now? Sad,
disappointed, guilty, scared, regretful?.....
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Offer Reassurance

• Tell your husband, wife or partner how its going
  to be different in the future. What will
  change?When you apologize, your partner is
  wondering, If I forgive you, will you just take
  that as permission to hurt me again in the same
  way tomorrow? .

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Offer up a repair or amends

• Actively show you are willing to expend your time
  and energy to make things better for your spouse.
  If you dont know how, ask your partner What
  can I do to make things better?..

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