Why do girls find it so hard to apologize?

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  • shermsherm Seattle, Wa Posts: 708
    Well some girls are raised thinking their looks will get them through & that they don't, actually, need to do anything & that includes considering other people's feelings.

    you just described my last girlfriend exactly, not the easiest type of person to deal with
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  • because they are girls not women

    same as boys can't stop making stuff up
  • vedderfan10vedderfan10 Posts: 2,497
    What? I'm an apology slut!

    But then in Canada, we seem to say sorry a lot during the day - like if you accidentally come close to bumping into someone going into Starbucks or when the drink is put on the counter and you both stand staring at it for a little while, but then both go to grab it at the same time. "Sorry!" "Sorry!"
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    What? I'm an apology slut!

    But then in Canada, we seem to say sorry a lot during the day - like if you accidentally come close to bumping into someone going into Starbucks or when the drink is put on the counter and you both stand staring at it for a little while, but then both go to grab it at the same time. "Sorry!" "Sorry!"


    but don't you say it "soorry", eh? :p:D
  • shermsherm Seattle, Wa Posts: 708
    cutback wrote:
    but don't you say it "soorry", eh? :p:D

    This may sound strange but I love the way that word sounds with a canadian accent, of course thats only when its coming from a female. Maybe its because I don't hear it too often from females on this side of the border. Don't really know.
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  • OffHeGoes29OffHeGoes29 Posts: 1,240
    Power of the "P". They know that deep down, they can leave your ass and find some other swinging cock out there in no time. Guys are easly replaced, girls are harder to come by.

    They pretty much can do what ever the fuck they want, thats why they hate other women so much, because it threatens their power.

    Then again....my theories maybe the reason I'm alone on a Friday night?
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  • What? I'm an apology slut!

    But then in Canada, we seem to say sorry a lot during the day - like if you accidentally come close to bumping into someone going into Starbucks or when the drink is put on the counter and you both stand staring at it for a little while, but then both go to grab it at the same time. "Sorry!" "Sorry!"


    It is SO true!!

    But yes I don't think it is a gender specific trait. If I am wrong I will apologize.
  • TrixieCat wrote:
    And who said misogyny was dead? :rolleyes:
    I can't wait for the rest of the woman hating contingent to pipe in.

    We can also ask the same question of men, can't we?


    Misogyny? Here on the pit? :eek: Never :rolleyes: I especially love it when women hate on other women.
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    Misogyny? Here on the pit? :eek: Never : rolleyes: I especially love it when women hate on other women.


    so do i....oh wait, that's a type of movie i like...nevermind...:eek: ;):p:D
  • Perhaps she doesn't think she did anything wrong and is waiting for an apology from you?
  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    when i am wrong, i apologize...pure and simple. oftentimes even when i am not 'wrong'...but behaved like an ass, i apologize for my behavior. i expect the same from those in my life, male and female alike. so perhaps whoever you reference simply does not share your pov, and thus does not see themselves as being wrong? seems the more likely scenario...and gender has nothing to do with it.
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  • AllieAllie Posts: 2,908
    saveuplife wrote:
    (I know this is a generalization, but I'd really like to know the answer from those who do fit into this character trait.)

    I don't have any problem apologizing.
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  • emily18emily18 Posts: 489
    i completely overuse the phrase "i'm sorry"
  • emily18 wrote:
    i completely overuse the phrase "i'm sorry"

    i'm just never sorry for anything i do. think before you(generalising) act and there's no need to apologise.
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,447
    Maybe the thread starter really wondered why women find it hard to aplogize to other women(?). Cuz there definitely is a difference between (most) men and women in that guys get over stuff with friends that would never be forgiven among women. My wife teaches 3rd grade and would back me up, that this grudge-holding starts early and oftentimes never ends. She'll say to me "I can't believe you said that." And I'll say, "don't worry, he'll get over it." Guys can be genuinely pissed at a buddy one day and OK the next. Like the old Bud commercial - "I love you, man!" :p
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  • WhizbangWhizbang Posts: 1,314
    my personal opinion on this is that people in general find it hard to apologize because that means they have to admit they were wrong, that they have some flaw. Generally, people do not like looking themselves in the mirror and admitting their own faults. And let's face it, if you can't admit it to yourself, how are you ever going to apologize for your actions? People like to wear rose colored glasses when looking at themselves...it makes it easier to place blame elsewhere....anywhere but pointing the finger at themselves. I'm far from perfect and the hardest apologies I've had to say were the ones where I took a hard look at myself and didn't like the woman I saw. Apologizing for what I did didn't make everything better but it certainly went a long way to self-acceptance.
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  • beachdwellerbeachdweller Posts: 1,532
    It's not just girls! Most PEOPLE can't apologize.

    That's generally a trait of people who think they are not responsible for anything that happens in their life. They're the types that thing life happens TO them and not BECAUSE of them.

    actually it's a U S trait to not take responsibility isn't it?
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  • jamie ukjamie uk Posts: 3,812
    imalive wrote:
    Maybe the thread starter really wondered why women find it hard to aplogize to other women(?). Cuz there definitely is a difference between (most) men and women in that guys get over stuff with friends that would never be forgiven among women. My wife teaches 3rd grade and would back me up, that this grudge-holding starts early and oftentimes never ends. She'll say to me "I can't believe you said that." And I'll say, "don't worry, he'll get over it." Guys can be genuinely pissed at a buddy one day and OK the next. Like the old Bud commercial - "I love you, man!" :p



    that's pretty true about guys.
    I have no problem apologising if I am wrong, I think it's the least you can do.
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • in_hiding79in_hiding79 Posts: 4,315
    jamie uk wrote:
    that's pretty true about guys.
    I have no problem apologising if I am wrong, I think it's the least you can do.


    I'm like that too and I'm a girl!! :D
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  • jamie ukjamie uk Posts: 3,812
    I'm like that too and I'm a girl!! :D


    it's a good trait to posess.
    If you're wrong and you realise, you should apologise. I mean, who wouldn't?
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  • comebackwomancomebackwoman Posts: 7,271
    What drives me crazy is when someone realizes they're wrong, but rather than admitting it, they go out of their way to find any angle that will prove they were right...or they get into the whole semantics game or break things down to technicalities. Just accept you messed up and move on.
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    What drives me crazy is when someone realizes they're wrong, but rather than admitting it, they go out of their way to find any angle that will prove they were right...or they get into the whole semantics game or break things down to technicalities. Just accept you messed up and move on.


    i had a friend like that.... ;):)
  • comebackwomancomebackwoman Posts: 7,271
    cutback wrote:
    i had a friend like that.... ;):)
    me too - had being the operative word ;):p
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