Do you despise for someone to tell you what to do? How do you react when you\'ve just been reprimanded by your employer on something you did incorrectly? Capture those emotions for a second and think about how other people react when you\'ve mentioned something that upset them.How did you feel when you were the recipient is how other person felt when your words came out sharp. Now what if your employer or anyone that had upset you apologized to you for their words? Wouldn\'t that smooth things over a bit too at least to the tolerable stage? If you\'ve been targeted in the past then maybe that\'s why it\'s so difficult for you to apologize in a relationship. You probably have every right to be harsh to the world but that won\'t make your life better especially with your significant other. This article will go into the rewards that can be afforded when you do finally understand what can be gained from apologizing.Part of the issue why it might be so difficult for you to apologize in a relationship is because you\'ve been on the short end of the stick for so long that\'s all you understand. You know precisely how you feel and it doesn\'t feel soothing at all. Does it? Why would you want to make someone else feel the exact way as you? So modify yourself by learning how to be sorry. You can start by doing it privately. Stand in front of a mirror and speak those magic words \"I apologize\". I know it sounds silly but you have to learn how to say it in a meaningful way before anyone will believe you.Mentioning those 2 magic words will especially help you in your personality side as well plus it makes you responsible for your words. When people see that you take personal responsibility that will go a long ways in your credibility and then people might even listen to what you have to say.If it is difficult for you to apologize for anything then it behooves you to find out why. There are always reasons why you act the way you do. And when you find out that reason you need to acknowledge it either yourself or through friends that you know will not betray your confidence. Once you realize the root cause of the fear that you have you will not have any emotional obstacles in your path so that you can apologize when you need too.It\'ll be a stone weight off your conscience that you\'ve been carrying for a long time. To apologize in a relationship is to really let the world know that you have emotions too and that you have caused undue stress with someone else and that probably wasn\'t your intent at all. People misunderstand words all the time. What you might say to one person will be laughable but to another person serious enough to warrant verbal abuse.You need to be larger than your words and when you see that you have affected someone else unintentionally then you need to step up to the plate and apologize for the mistaken words that you\'ve spoken.You will feel tons better about yourself not the least the other person will feel a lot better about you.