If you offer an apology that is not accepted, do you keep trying?

Question

Or is it best to walk away?

Answer 1

Depends on how much it is important to me.
Depends to whom I owe that apology.

Answer 2

Nope. It's then best to walk away and move on. You can't make anyone accept your apology,so there is no use in wasting your time by continuously trying to do so. If you apologize once, then give it time. They will either accept it or not. The ball is in their court then.

Answer 3

I think it's okay to apologize sincerely, twice. After that we need to walk away and allow the person whom we have hurt, the space and time to evaluate the situation and decide whether or not they want to accept our apology. Unforgiveness becomes the other person's problem, and we need to realize that we have simply done all that we can do to try to rectify the problem. Hope that helps a little and have a wonderful day! Annie

Answer 4

If you feel like you have done everything you can to make amends, and your efforts are still not accepted, walk away. Only if you can't find peace within yourself for your efforts, i.e., you're still saying to yourself, "Maybe I should've tried harder..." should you keep trying to apologize. You may just have to come to grips with the idea that whatever you have done is too serious of an injury to this person for him/her to forgive you, or this person's heart is so hard that no matter what you do, he/she will be unable to forgive you. And truthfully, do you really need that kind of drama in your life? Do what you feel like you ought to do, and then if it doesn't work, just move on....

Good luck - hope this helps.

Answer 5

You've done all you can do, so move on - BUT remember to offer the apology again later. People need time to consider how they feel about things, especially if they have been hurt, because those ill feelings cloud judgment and reason. It might be that a few months/years down the road, he/she will no longer be hurting and can accept your apology.

Answer 6

No I don't keep on trying to apologize to someone who doesn't want to accept my apology. Particularly if it's a sincere apology. Instead I will simply walk away and let them get back to me when they are ready to do so.

Answer 7

I tried a couple more times and then walked away. I can't speak for the other person, but I felt like I tried. Maybe what I'd done was just unforgivable? Or maybe they are going through more than I'll ever know and they were trying to save my feelings.

Answer 8

In my grandma years now :), there is wisdom with age. Apologizing and forgiveness depends on your "language of love" and "forgiveness" language. IF you search the net for "5 languages of love" it is a book but there is also a site with 4 questions and it will tell you right away your language of forgiveness and love, I had to learn the hard way, and it hurts, I felt so rejected by my children as I raised them as a single parent, but my language of love was "services" as it was in my childhood family. But that means my children were supposed to see that I loved them because I worked my butt off for them. But my daughter ( I know too late) her language I just found out via the test is "time alone", she is introvert I am extrovert so I was crushed when they spurnred me after they left the nest, but my language of "aplology coming in to me" is "I am sorry AND... i will show you how I'm not going to hurt you again." I think it is important to investigate these today as our lives are becoming so sophisticated.;

Answer 9

Hmmmm........
If you think you could deal with that person not being in your life anymore.....then just walk away. But if you really don't think you could deal....... keep trying. But don't apologize to the point it gets annoying. Just let em know that you really are sorry.

Answer 10

I've never had this happen but I'd most likely just walk away and perhaps try one more time ... at another time. If still no go, I'd forget about making any other attempts. I only repeat myself once ;)

Answer 11

Walk away.