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 my father, for not telling him the truth when he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and going along with the family lie that he had hepatitis, when he knew he didn’t. At the age of 17, I lacked the courage and strength to stand up for what I believed.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 October 2019 source ↗
I behaved badly with two old lovers. Years later, when I took one to lunch to apologise, it made it worse.
I’m good at saying sorry – so no one, because I’ve already said it.
My ex-wife, because I should have been a better man.
To my brother, because I wish I’d been there for him more.
Not being at peace with myself, in spite of an ongoing lifetime effort to try to calm down and accept that, no matter what, I did the best I could.
Love is a religious experience, which then requires me to define religion, which I define as everything I don’t understand.
I would have been a better listener. I would have pursued more friendships instead of focusing so much on work and myself. I’m doing all that now, but I’m running out of time.
Citizens around the world blaming others for their personal disappointments, othering them, labelling them, terrorising them with hate-filled rhetoric and shutting the doors of their hearts.
Less work, more living.
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