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"   We get that it&amp;#039;s hard to say &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m sorry&amp;quot; after a screw-up. But according to a new study, apologizing doesn&amp;#039;t go far enough. Scientists from Baylor University discovered that people are more likely to forgive when they get an apology and some form of restitution. If you screwed up with your guy, that might mean giving him a case of his favorite beer, a nice home-cooked meal, bottle of wine, etc. In the study, people were told that raffle tickets for a $50 gift card would be handed out in three rounds, with 10 tickets per round that would be split between each person and an unknown &amp;quot;partner&amp;quot; that didn&amp;#039;t exist. In the first round, people were given only two of the 10 tickets and in the second they got nine. Some people were told the division of the tickets was made by their partner and others were told it was random. After the first round, some people got a note from their partners that said &amp;quot;Sorry about that first round. I got carried away, and I feel really bad that I did that.&amp;quot; Other people received raffle tickets back from their partner as a mea culpa. And in the last round, people were in charge of how the tickets were split. Researchers found that people who received just apologies were more likely to forgive their partners, while people who only got extra tickets back were more likely to treat their partners better in the third round, but didn&amp;#039;t necessarily forgive them. Their final conclusion: No matter how much it sucks, you should always apologize. And it&amp;#039;s good to make amends, too. You&amp;#039;ll have a better chance of being forgiven if you do. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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