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"It&amp;amp;#8217;s not easy, it&amp;#x27;s not fun and hopefully, it&amp;#x27;s not frequent, but it IS sometimes necessary to say you&amp;amp;#8217;re sorry when you&amp;#x27;re part of a couple. Here are a few tips to help you make the most of your mea culpa! Do paraphrase what he&amp;amp;#8217;s saying Paraphrasing lets someone know that you&amp;amp;#8217;re listening. Saying, &amp;amp;#8220;OK, you&amp;amp;#8217;re upset because I spend money on my Pilates class but canceled your NHL Center Ice package&amp;amp;#8212;I understand where you&amp;amp;#8217;re coming from&amp;amp;#8221; will be a lot more effective than just nodding your head as he rants. Don&amp;amp;#8217;t tack on unrelated complaints We&amp;amp;#8217;ve all experienced this&amp;amp;#8212;you confront someone about an issue and the person responds with, &amp;amp;#8220;Oh yeah? Well you borrowed my McQueen scarf last season and didn&amp;amp;#8217;t return it!&amp;amp;#8221; Um, that has nothing to do with anything! Don&amp;amp;#8217;t hijack the argument and try to make him the bad guy unless it&amp;amp;#8217;s truly legit. All this will do is prolong fixing the issue at hand and irk you both even more. Do let him know how things will be different Women communicate to build relationships, but men communicate to solve problems. So while a fight with your BFF can end with a hug, your dude wants to hear a plan. Let him know that you understand his point of view, and you will work on X, Y or Z in the future. Don&amp;amp;#8217;t keep bringing it up In the few days after a fight you&amp;amp;#8217;ll think of 1,000 different arguments to counter his, but don&amp;amp;#8217;t reopen the wound. Once the apology is accepted, let it be. My grandma Gigi always says, &amp;amp;#8220;You can be right, or you can be happy.&amp;amp;#8221 Sometimes having a peaceful, harmonious relationship means conceding defeat every once in a while. How do you handle apologizing to your guy? Are you usually the one to say you&amp;#x27;re sorry first? What are your key rules for ending a spat? How does your guy apologize to you? For more... *Why do women apologize so much? *10 things he&amp;#x27;s thinking when you argue! *Need to say sorry? Call the anonymous apology hotline! Photo: Jupiter Images "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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