Originally Posted by
El Gordo
The worst threads are the "I've done something bad, I won't say what it is, but I am deeply sorry" threads. Those are pretty rare, fortunately, but there have been a few, by various posters. What's wrong with them? Where do I start?
- The person is rarely really sorry. Whatever it was, you know they'll do it again soon enough to someone else, or again to same person.
- People reply saying silly things like "Don't beat yourself up; I'm sure it will be okay." Hello? You don't forgive people for things they've done to someone else, especially if you don't know what they've done and who they've done it to.
- It's a tease. If you really want to confess then confess. Maybe you don't need to name names, but you could at least say what you've done. Otherwise it's not a confession.