What determines a meaningful apology? Clearing your own conscience or making sure your intent was heard by the opposing party? This is a more powerful question when two parties “breakup” and will never cross paths again. In this case, self preservation wins out - self vindication, rather.
This is the type of redemption earned by, say, sending a text message: “I’m sorry.” No you’re not. You’re just sending that so you can say you did - so you can you can turn around and tell everyone you did everything you could to console them, but they were too cold and filled with hate to accept the apology. It’s not an apology, perhaps that’s why?
It’s taking an easy way out. You’ll forever think that are the winner here by doing the very minimum expected of you: saying “I’m sorry” without meaning it. Just like a second grader that dumps his milk on another student. They trained you well. A forced, socially dictated response with no feeling or heft behind it. Great.
Friendship is not a means you utilize to get somewhere. I guess I didn’t notice that friendship is only an end. No one told me that the loneliest people were the ones that spoke the truth - the ones that made a difference. I guess it’s up to me, should I take the risk or just smile?
What do you know, it happened again.