2006-07-09 23:16:34 · 30 answers · asked by nimesh 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Depends on the situation. If you stepped on someone's foot- a sorry would solve the problem. If you sent someone to Heartbreak Hotel, then just a sorry might not invite them back home.
2006-07-09 23:19:31 · answer #1 · answered by BeBe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry definitely can help solving half of the problem, at least it heals the heart of the offended person many times faster than not saying sorry at all, (provided the sorry is sincere), proven by action as well that you are really sorry. Although it does not solve 100% of the problem, (depends on the situation). reconciliation is a process, nothing can be instant in reconciliation. Because some things in life will not be back after it is gone such as "word", once it is said you cant grab it back, and also "time", once time is gone, its gone, it wont come back again.
2006-07-09 23:59:42 · answer #2 · answered by lovely 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes if it comes with actions. Saying sorry then doing it again will not work. I am sorry I beat the crap out of you last night, then a few days later your saying I am sorry again. But if you say your sorry and you make actions to correct the wrong then yes sorry will solve the problem.
And just in case your wondering I am not being abused or abusing anyone, that was just an example lol.
2006-07-09 23:25:18 · answer #3 · answered by Umm Ali 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contrition is an important first step. Saying 'sorry' doesn't solve the problem, but it's an invitation to sit down at the negotiating table. Until there is an apology, there can be no constructive progress towards righting wrongs.
This is how international politics sees it, and it seems equally applicable to human relationships.
2006-07-09 23:20:19 · answer #4 · answered by XYZ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not always, But it depends on the situation. Sorry can help a situation but not solve a problem
2006-07-09 23:21:18 · answer #5 · answered by PERCY L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a good place to start. But if the person who's apologizing isn't sincere and doesn't stop repeating whatever he/she had to apologize for then there's no point in saying sorry. And it would help if the person apologizing would take real steps to rectifying the problem.
2006-07-15 03:45:06 · answer #6 · answered by Garfield 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
at times
2006-07-09 23:19:17 · answer #7 · answered by nastaany1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on if you see the problem as you needing forgiveness, or changed behavior,when one child ate the other child's candy and the one full of candy said to the one with none,"sorrrrrrrry" the other said "sorrrrrrrrrrrry don't cut it" After years of someone elses drinking,drugs and abuse and a zillion trillion sorrrrrrrrrrrrry's I agree with the second little boy.
2006-07-10 00:34:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hay Bub, too many people just say (sorry) and they think that will fix the problem, well sometimes it will but most of the time, it won't! Try to make it so you won't be spending your life saying (sorry) too often!
2006-07-09 23:22:45 · answer #9 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry can help but it can not fix the problem it is just good manners to say I am sorry.
2006-07-09 23:21:02 · answer #10 · answered by nyrwldstdrms 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋