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.
An ex-boyfriend who, looking back, I lost patience with. Now we know more about mental health, I think that was at the root of it; I am sorry I didn’t understand it at the time.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 August 2021 source ↗
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.
I don’t really owe anybody any apologies.
To my daughter, because she felt that I spent too much time saving other children. I would go to war zones and travel the world for human rights work, and she was missing me.
My daughter, Coco, because divorce is so difficult.
As a good friend, somebody people could rely on, somebody who liked a bit of a laugh, and as a good mother.
A Burberry mac: I am not a handbag or shoe person, but I do like a nice coat.
Working in a call centre in Cardiff for British Gas. I was 21 and, I am ashamed to say, one Monday morning I ran away. I said I was going to the loo and never went back.
Managing to stay on The One Show for over a decade. In an industry that is so fickle, I am astounded I am still there.
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