These both apply to romantic and platonic relationships.
Genuinely apologizing promptly after a fracture makes a huge difference. Avoiding it because you’re conflict-averse or self-loathing will make it into a much bigger deal that is harder or perhaps not possible to repair.
When someone tells you that you’ve hurt them or behaved in a way that is unacceptable to them, it’s not an attack on you, but an act of love and trust.* If you don’t care enough about someone to stay in a relationship with them, you leave or fade out. If you do, you give them the chance to apologize and grow.
These both apply to romantic and platonic relationships.
Genuinely apologizing promptly after a fracture makes a huge difference. Avoiding it because you’re conflict-averse or self-loathing will make it into a much bigger deal that is harder or perhaps not possible to repair.
When someone tells you that you’ve hurt them or behaved in a way that is unacceptable to them, it’s not an attack on you, but an act of love and trust.* If you don’t care enough about someone to stay in a relationship with them, you leave or fade out. If you do, you give them the chance to apologize and grow.
*Not applicable to abusive relationships.