I just read this saying on another blog. What a great saying!
I ,for one, am horrible at apologizing and not adding an excuse to the end of it like and end marking. When me and Niko have an argument words are thrown out of our mouths liberally and without thought, we have a cycle that we both understand. We start with something minor, i say lets stop talking about this Niko says one last thing to egg it on and then that one last thing sets me off and then he's all the sudden ready to drop the conversation...
I wish we could just end it at the beginning but we are both hardwired into this routine. It's not as bad as it was when we didn't realize this pattern. At least now i can expect and accept what is about to happen. But in the end when we make up if i feel at fault then i apologize but then add an excuse like, "next time lets stop talking about it when i ask to stop talking about it." or "i only did this because of what you had done leading up to that." Thank God we hardly fight now days...
It is hard to take ownership for your own flaws, but there should be no excuse. I need to learn to just say "Sorry," and be done with it...but our relationship specifically entails that both of us want the last word, and just saying 'sorry' wouldn't feel fulfilling... This is something i intend on working on, now i just need to remember it while we have an argument and not afterwards....
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