The question
Who deserves an apology from you, and for what?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A fixed Guardian Q&A prompt asked directly across respondents and years.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
To myself for diminishing my gut feelings until quite recently.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 April 2026 source ↗
My housemate, because I keep shrinking his jumpers in the wash.
There wasn’t a lot of bullying at my school, but there was a fair amount of ragging – and I knew which side I wanted to be on. I’d say sorry to anyone who felt picked on.
To my daughters and my partner, Tracey, for what I put them through with my transition.
I don’t have a sorry.
My tendency to be avoidant.
I’ve never really had a horrible job – I liked working at restaurants and being a nanny when I wasn’t acting.
Crashing in an aeroplane into an ocean at night.
Being alive on Earth is challenging and I like to believe that whatever happens after is filled with peace and ease.
All of the anxious thoughts that you are able to escape during the day that somehow know when you are lying down to relax.
A blood clot in my artery when I was 23.
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