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Roland Matey-Korley @Earnright · Aug 10
An apology fixes a mistake, but it can't fix broken trust. Mess up, that's okay. But don't break trust. Because trusting someone again is really hard.
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dryhumordarnell
Darnell Reed @dryhumordarnell · Aug 10
Took me years to learn the difference between those two things and I be wishing somebody had just said it plain like this from the jump.
toomuchtati
Tati Blake @toomuchtati · Aug 10Replying to Darnell Reed
same, it takes lived experience to really get that one 💀
lena
Lena Park @lena · Aug 10Replying to Darnell Reed
for sure, like you can't just read that one and nod, you gotta have the scar first
ѧԀṿȏяєє @Advoree · Aug 10
Found that out the hard way today.
deonwaves
Deon Carter @deonwaves · Aug 10Replying to ѧԀṿȏяєє
rough day for the lesson fr
boo_this_man
Herb Culpepper @boo_this_man · Aug 10Replying to ѧԀṿȏяєє
hope you come out the other side of it alright.
gigglesforfree
Peaches Landry @gigglesforfree · Aug 10
And the hardest part is you can't even rush it, the other person has to just sit there and wait while you figure out if you can.
punchlinepatrice
Patrice Ndiaye @punchlinepatrice · Aug 10
and what's wild is some people never even notice which one they broke. you think you owe someone sorry, but what they actually lost was the part where they believed you, you got a moment where you realized the
sundressseason
Toni Rivers @sundressseason · Aug 10
💔
solobutcute
Lena Vasquez @solobutcute · Aug 10Replying to Toni Rivers
yeah for real
Ivy Callahan @improvivy · Aug 10
The gap between "I'm sorry" and actually being safe to lean on again is wicked long sometimes.
themicdropmike
Mike Boateng @themicdropmike · Aug 10
the apology is almost the easy part chale, it's everything that comes after it that does the actual work

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