think about a time you said something you were sorry about later...?

Question

what made you say what you said?
when did you realize you were sorry for what you said?
why did you regret saying it?
what did you learn from that experience?

Answer 1

I think the times that I've done that I've done it in anger and I knew it would be a quick dig that would hurt that person. I always regret saying those things as soon as they're out of my mouth because really, I'm not trying to hurt the person. What did I learn? Not to do it again, I guess.

Answer 2

Well, life's like that. We commit mistakes in doing and saying and at a later stage or maybe the very second moment, we feel sorry for that and we express it.
Your question is not so simple.
A situation ... may be momentary or long prevailing ... makes you say or do something which you are not supposed to do or say in normal course.
After that situation is over, or may be not yet, you feel sorry for that deed or utterance. It is good to express it even then.
To say sorry, is in fact the proof of your being realistically concerned with a norm or a person, and an indication that even you had done an error or a mistake, you are ready to rectify it.
This word "sorry" is the living evidence of a living conscience in you.
Keep yourself living. OK?

Answer 3

Stupidity made me say it. I was sorry the minute I said it. I just opened up my mouth and said something without realizing how it sounded. I said I was sorry, but the words were already out of my mouth. I felt terrible that I hurt someone so badly. I hope to think before I speak, but cannot promise it.

Answer 4

First, i'd like to say, it hasn't happened to me for a very long time :)

I said those things usually because I was angry. I had what you could call an anger management problem. It sort of runs in the family, at least on my father's side.

I would usually realize how bad the things I said were once my anger subsided. I was VERY sorry.

I regretted saying those things because I didn't really mean them. I just said them because I wanted to vent my anger. They weren't things i really wanted to say.

I learned to better control how anger affects my behavior. In time, I also learned not to be such an angry person. There really aren't things that upset me very much anymore. Or at least not enough for me to want to yell or say strange things.

Good luck.

Answer 5

I think we say things without thinking. Sometimes this is what we always do or sometimes we are in an uncomfortable situation and the wrong words just come out. We always regret when we say something wrong, it's correcting it that is so important. People admire apologies and we feel better too. Even if we didn't mean it.

Answer 6

OH!! You are tough!!

Tuesday, September 11, 2001.

I had to fight my 3 boys to get ready for school! I was late for work and ran through the house like a maniac; screaming at them to get ready to leave.

When the lunches were packed and the homework was put in each backpack I drove like a maniac to get them to school, telling them the whole way, how they had made me late for work!

Being 20 minutes late for my trip to work I turned the radio to the traffic channel to plot my route.

I heard about the first plane and felt very sad for the people aboard and in the building. As I pulled into the parking lot at work I heard about the second plane and almost freaked!!

I wanted to go home and get my Children!

I was not allowed to leave!! Security had locked every thing down!!

OH GOD!
I have learned to treat every moment as the last!
I will never talk to my Children again like I did that day!

Answer 7

what made you say what you said?

----- i got angry, he deserved it.

when did you realize you were sorry for what you said?

----- i know i would be sorry later on even before i said those mean things. it just really hit me two days later.

why did you regret saying it?

----- because that person means a lot.

what did you learn from that experience?

----- calm down before saying or doing anything. think things thoroughly.

Answer 8

Oh, yes!
I told my mom I hated her, and I said it seriously at an age where it wasn't a "phase"
the second the words came out of my mouth, I regretted it because it wasn't true at all.
I regret it because it hurt her...and you should never hurt your mom intentionally...
I learned to think before I open my mouth...

Answer 9

i told my boyfriend at the time that i had sex with a guy from the football dorm, i wanted out of the relationship, i was sorry when he sat there in front of me crying about it, i regret it because i could have just been more considerate of his feelings, i learned to communicate more about my on feelings

Answer 10

Anger and frustration. When I calmed down. Because it sounded like an attack. That anger and frustration makes you say things in a way that sounds worse than if you said it calmly... and that it doesn't help to know that. Emotions still get in the way.