Here is a common pattern that occurs when problems arise in relationships:  get hurt, argue, resolve, apologize, move on.  If you are in a relationship where you seem to argue quite frequently, you are probably more familiar with this pattern than others.  If you are in a serious relationship you don’t want to break up everytime you have an argument, so you just let it all out, apologize, then make-up and move on.  But maybe there is something more that you can be doing to cut down on the frequency of these occurrences in your relationship…maybe an apology is not …read more

A popular song states, “Sorry is the hardest word (to say)” and I reckon some other song also states, “it’s hard for me to say ‘I’m sorry’” — does it mean that one of the hardest thing a person has to do, in a relationship or not, is to apologise?
Personally, I’d say yes. I do find it hard to apologise esp when I’m still angry. However, when these feelings die down and I’ve had the chance to think things over, I can muster up the courage to come up to my partner and apologise — even when it means I …read more