Is there anyone you used to know that you'd like to apologize to now?

[WillParkinson]

Mine is Wesley Taylor. We used to do a skit in 6th grade for the class. We were very good at it. Wesley moved away and I never said goodbye to him.

To this day, 28 years later, I still miss him.

[fishguy]

1. I only have one thing to say to everyone I hurt

F off. I meant it.

[Sir_Shrek]

2. Probably....

...but I've so long forgotten them that I can't remember who they are.

[dawgman]

3. an on-again off-again girlfriend in HS....basically she was

my tweener girlfriend. I would mess around with her while looking for the next hottie. Now if I had been honest with her and let her know what I was doing I wouldn't have felt so bad....but I lied through my teeth.....oh well...I'm sure she's forgotten about me by now...

[FunBobbyMucha]

4. Sonya W, wherever you are

This is Robert. I apologize for telling Matt that I was your first. He was supposed to be my best friend and confidant, and instead he told the other guys we knew, who let it get back to you. I never meant for that to happen. I was a stupid high school kid who thought his horny friend could keep a secret.

I've felt guilty about it for 21 years. I am truly, truly sorry.

[KCDem]

5. yeah, I dicked over a guy about 10 years ago.

Had a friend PLUS that I used to spend lots of time with. We were both in grad school, and he got really busy with his studies so began blowing me off for work. After having not seen him for maybe 2 months or so, he calls me, out of the blue, one afternoon. His car died, and he was stuck about 3 hours away from school. He asked me to come pick him up. It was a Saturday, and aside from a party that night, I didn't have anything pressing. But I was PO'd that he'd been dissing me for the past 2 months, so I lied and said I was busy.

Now, on the one hand, I'm glad I did: several hours later, my parents called me to tell me that my Grandmother was dying. I didn't have a cell phone at the time, so if I'd been in the car getting my friend, I wouldn't have gotten the news (I left the next morning to drive the 10 hours to see my Grandma before she passed away). But I still feel guilty towards this person. He really turned me on to politics and what an ass Newt Gingrich was, as well as introduced me to some excellent music.

[ronnykmarshall]

6. Yeah to an ex-boyfriend:

Craig, I'm sorry I ever met you.

[BurtWorm]

8. Profoundly sorry, I bet.

;)

[ronnykmarshall]

13. Oh yeah..

He was mentally and phyiscally abusive. Then had the nerve to tell his next boyfriend that I was the abusive one.

My cousin got wind of this little info (we was friends with the "new" boyfriend) and set the record straight.

Right before I moved to SF, we made peace with each other. But he's not on my christmas card list.

[ramapo]

7. Sure...quite a few actually

Mostly from when I was a stupid kid but some from when I became a stupid adult.

[felonious thunk]

9. Sorry Mike

Shit dude, we should have never let a woman come between us. I was an ass, and wouldn't just let it go and wish happiness to my friend. I was too young and too hurt to see the bigger picture and be a better friend. You did everything right, and I should have appreciated that rather turned on you.

And now you've given the ultimate sacrifice to your country. I wish I'd been able to shake your hand and buy you a beer and laugh about the days. Mike, you were a much much better man than I.

[FunBobbyMucha]

11. This is all reminding me very much of that Apology hotline

I heard about on NPR once. This American Life did a thing about it. People apologized for everything from kindergarten to murder. Yours breaks my heart.

[Kamika]

10. Id like to apologize to a girl who got teased and nobody cared

I didnt actually do anything but nobody told the guy who teased ther for 3! years to cut it off..


If it was now I would have beaten him up

[FunBobbyMucha]

14. Arizona Cortez, aka Leeann

If there's any chance you're out there, I'm in the same boat as Kamika. I wish I'd had the guts to stand up to the other kids in grade school. I was afraid of being ostracized myself. You moved away and I devoted quite a bit of time on the web to trying to find you.

[Rainbowreflect]

12. Just my mom. For being such a wild teenager.

How she survived me from 12 to 16 when I moved out.

[NightTrain]

15. My first girlfriend

I was 17 years old, obnoxious, insensitive, and completely full of myself (among other things). And I thought nothing of using that poor girl as the object of my mean-spirited one-liners. More than once, my vicious words brought her to tears. Eventually, she broke up with me because of my invective. And I had the nerve to get pissed off when she did so!

Although it's twenty years later, hardly a day goes by when I don't think of that poor girl and my horrible treatment of her. I was such an asshole back then!

[frogfromthenorth2]

18. "obnoxious, insensitive, full of myself " Ah, you mean REPUBLICAN!!

Admit it!!!! lol

[HuckleB]

16. Yup. Sure do.

One in particular, but I know there are many out there.

[Mikimouse]

17. My daughter Michelle...

Sweetheart, if I could go back in time and stop myself from saying the things I said to you when I thought that you had broken your piggy bank, I would die a happy man. I don't think that you read this site, but on the off chance that you do, whether you believe it or not, Dad has never stopped kicking himself for his many stupid times.

[frogfromthenorth2]

19. That's it...you made me cry....

[Mikimouse]

20. I still cry...and was doing so when I wrote the post

Sometimes one is given a second chance, sometimes not. I know where she is, and what she is doing, and am very proud of who she is. I had a letter from her two years ago, and almost had a heart attack when I saw who the letter was from. My wife could not figure out why I was sitting in my office with the door closed, staring at the letter until I showed it to her. I wrote back a long letter by return mail, hoping for something of a reconciliation. Never heard from her again.

[frogfromthenorth2]

22. Well, be comforted in the fact that writing a letter must of been a big

step for her and that some people take very slow steps. Also, as a soon to be father, be assured that I will keep in mind your post as a cautionary tale...

And I certainly hope that one day I see a post from you telling how things are getting better with her. :-)

[Mikimouse]

23. Thank you for your very kind thoughts...

I hope that it may happen some day. Until then, I will wait. I truly wish that she could meet her step sister and speak with her, but that is not possible, as she lives in another part of the continent. My step daughter (whom I think of as my own) has even offered to contact Michelle, but I want it to happen as a result of Michell's decision, not any outside influence. Let me wish you the very best in your pending fatherhood. My best advise is to not let traditional ideas of parental roles bog you down, and always try to remember the things that you felt when you were growing up. If you are as lucky as I, you will have a daughter who will twirl you around her little finger, as did mine. After a time, you will be able to 'assume the position' without much prompting (the twisted around her little finger position, that is). I have three daughters, and my happiest thoughts are all related to them. Merci, mon ami!

[Nikia]

21. My sixth grade boyfriend, Steven

I am sorry that I dumped you because my friends thought that you were too geeky. I liked you and didn't mind that you were geeky becasue I was geeky too, after all. I am sorry to have put aside my feelings and decency as a human being to appease a few girls that didn't care about me as much as you did.

[Capn Sunshine]

24. Lee Healy

One of the smartest girls I knew back then. I hung with her for like three years in high school, and we often sat right next to each other in class after class. Articulate beyond her years. Sarcastic in a brilliant and good and humorous way. Damn, I LOVED that.

I should have asked her out a million, no, a zillion different times. But I was into cheerleaders then. She was not one of those.

Fucking incredibly shallow of me , and I regret not pursuing a relationship with her almost daily.

So, sorry, Lee. You made a major impression on me FWIW.

All guys are jerks in high school btw....

[Pale Blue Dot]

25. Michelle...

You were the nicest, sweetest person I ever dated. I just wish I had recognized it then. I think about you often, and I hope you are doing all right.