I’m sorry, but I have done nothing wrong.

I am one of those people who says “sorry” for everything. I have been told on multiple occasions that I need to quit apologizing. Some people have even attempted to ban me from saying “sorry.” It’s not odd for someone to ask me why I am apologizing and then for me to quickly follow up with some lame excuse. All of this to be followed up with another quiet uttered apology, this time for ever having said sorry in the first place.

It is understandable that the sound of someone who is constantly saying they are sorry is annoying, but annoying you is most likely not their intention at all. Actually, I can guarantee you that they are not trying to annoy you. There will always be the person who is to hard on themselves and feels remorse for every tiny mistake that they make and in stead of blowing it off, they apologize. If something bad happens to a friend and they don’t know what to say, they apologize.

I am one of those people. To me though saying “sorry” is being polite. If I make a mistake, I was taught to admit it and apologize. If you tell me something bad has happened, I am going to say “I’m sorry” to show that I feel sad that something negative has happened to you. If I even think that something I might have said or done had been even slightly wrong, I am going to say sorry.

I would much rather say sorry too much than not enough. I’m proud of the fact that I apologize, and if you are one of those people that are repeatedly saying sorry, you should be proud as well.

So, I am sorry if my apologizing annoys you. Honestly, I regret that you don’t apologize more.