Researchers have found that women apologize significantly more than men, and I believe women apologize too often. Many of us apologize out of habit, but unfortunately it hurts how we are perceived and ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I would like to know if there are some alternative phrases to use when someone shares various degrees of bad news. I know that “I’m sorry to hear ...” is a colloquial way to express ...

Fights, arguments, and misunderstandings are the three things that can turn your companionship upside down. No relationship ...

These messages will make him smile even when he’s upset. We all mess up in relationships. Maybe you snapped at him after a long day, forgot something important, or let your emotions get the best of ...

When you think of an apology, the phrase "I'm sorry" immediately comes to mind. From a very early age, we're taught to apologize by saying "I'm sorry" (even when we're not). "Apologies are ...

I have a fraught relationship with the words “I’m sorry.” I say it constantly, habitually, even when I don’t mean to. I was raised in the South, where women are often conditioned to apologize ...

I was 18, waiting in the parking lot of my old grammar school to interview for a locally-funded college scholarship, when a former friend — and bully — approached me. On a spectrum of popularity, he ...

“Sorry” has become a default reflex at the office. A YouGov survey reveals that 24% of Americans apologize daily for situations beyond their control, with 11% doing so several times per day. This ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was visiting a dear friend’s home a few days after her husband died. While I was there, her adult daughter arrived from out of town. I had not met her before. We were introduced, ...