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Oh I despair,
I at no time suggested anybody should apologise.
I offered my own apologies to anybody who felt I might have trivialised their heartbreak by saying I was personally indifferent to the subject.
(Is reading my words so hard?)
But what really bothers me is somebody who insists on writing “your” when they presumably mean “you’re” or after writing a screed and a half on apologies can still spell it with a double “p”.
Give it up.
Your lengthy opinions on the many types of apology are your own business.
If people like me (and there are indeed some 
) protest at the verbosity or your insistence that your view is the only valid one, that is our opinion.
As for the rest of it, the empty rhetoric speaks for itself.
If I do leave it at that, I am not bowing to your judgement, I am simply b-o-r-e-d with your self- appointed expertise and would just remind you of the wisdom of Abraham Lincoln when he said;
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt
^^"I am frankly indifferent to the issue....." + "Well I suppose we are all entitled to an opinion about such tosh and as far as I know you are not in a position to dictate otherwise hmm (audible eye roll)"
Good! Your finally making a little sense here. Now kindly practise what you've preached whilst paying special attention to your very own words, which I'd "surprisingly" shared a few posts behind :
1. **Indifferent to the issue
2.**Entitled to an opinion
3. **Not in a position to dictate otherwise
Asking someone to apologise to an entire group on the "assumption" that EVERYONE'S feelings are hurt is not even logical. How do you know that everyone is hurt? Why do you assume that no one benefited in one way or another? You surely can't assume that an entire nation shares your "indifferent opinion," and further needs to apologise for having their own independent opinions? Or do you? So after making all these assumptions and appointing yourself as the "apology spokeswoman," you then chose to insult me in one sentence and demand for an apology in the very next? And still expect to get it?
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And if everyone is entitled to their opinion as you say above, why were you insisting on people to stop posting - while you still post for your opinion holds a special form of entitlement - then also insisting for me to be quiet for again your opinion (in your head) is more entitled.
Is there a fingers down throat emoticon for anyone who uses the term hubby?
LLL If I had the energy to spare after my busy weekend I would feel sorry for you.
Agnurse I have no idea why your most recent post should be addressed to me.
I have no problems with my AC, I have no issues with them or my late husband in that respect. I have no personal experience of the situation you describe and I am frankly indifferent to the issue. I have no wish to discuss it either. PS the name is MawBroon.
LLL I was not looking for apologies I was offering them to anybody whose experience was other to my own who might feel I was not according enough importance to their situation. I did not in any wish to trivialise their personal heartbreak.
Why am I still posting?
Well I suppose we are all entitled to an opinion about such tosh and as far as I know you are not in a position to dictate otherwise (audible eye roll)
It's quite ironical that people are AGAIN demanding for a genuine apology for their "feelings have been hurt." (Seriously?) Initially I'd mentioned how a simple apology could probably fix broken family bridges if done genuinely, for your actions in one way or another had somehow hurt your estranged AC. I was attacked and ridiculed in every way possible for no one felt it as being necessary. But now you want me to genuinely apologise for "hurting people's feelings," solely for I mentioned an apology could fix broken ends? One can't ridicule the concept of an apology then when things don't go their way still feel entitled to one.
Gerispringer
I'm furthur surprised that with all your "higher degree qualifications in psychology and statistics" you've made no comments on the mental health posts, but try to discredit one on simple appologies? . Really?
Gerispringer
All the degrees and credentials anyone has, wouldn't make them exempt them from estrangement or a simple appology. Or would it? So again I'm not sure what role your credentials have to play on here. Or with ALL those credentials are you stating that an apology is meaningless and doesn't count? . But to say you have all these higher degree in xyz and not needing any credentials to qualify that, then further discredit the posts - are you sure you're not the same person? For you still sound like her.
Mawbroom
Why are you still posting though? Didn't you state: "Please, please don’t feed this pointless discussion." But you're still feeding into it constantly - with anger, low jabs and now insults
Now you want apologies? For....what exactly? Hurting you're feelings or whose exactly? Again you're in control of your own happiness - and also in control of what you choose to read online. You do know that you're totally in control of choosing to ignore this post so that your "feelings don't get hurt."
So one reads something they didnt like, in fact it got them quite angered for it was an opinion vastly different than what they believe in. But instead of simply ignoring it, or engaging in a discussion like a mature adult, they chose to argue with and insult the poster, and try discredit their truth. Then when things still didn't go their way now they want me to apologise for hurting their feelings? Really?
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