I'm sorry I didn't check up on you.
I'm sorry I didn't fight for your life.
I'm sorry I let them bury you alive.
*Read at The Apologies show on 4/6/07*

i'm sorry i didn't kiss you. that moment felt so right and i sat there thinking, "this, THIS, is what it's like to be in love with someone." it's different than i had expected, a whole new kind of passion and yet with the knowledge that i was completely and utterly safe to share my thoughts and ideas. that i could stay up hours upon hours, years upon years, talking with you and getting to know what you think about everything.

i want to know, and i want to share all this with you. you are everything and nothing that i knew i wanted. and i want to kiss you, again and again. and i wish i had because i have the sad feeling that i won't get the chance again -- but your heart belongs to another and i won't step over that line. i could deal with the rejection if it wasn't mutual, but i wouldn't want to put you in a place of awkwardness -- because i'd be even more sorry about that.

*Read during The Apologies show on 3/29/07*

I am sorry for letting things get out of hand, for not choosing to know better, for thinking that things with you and me would work out and that your family would just go along and be ok with it. We were both niave.
Im sorry for all the hurt that we caused eachother, for me loving you and you not being able to deal with that because you didn't feel the same way, because of all the guilt you felt and the hate that you had for yourself.
I'm sorry to myself, for getting so lost in you and giving so much of myself and my love to you that I hardly knew me any more. And that you made me feel like I was so disgusting and undesirable. I hate that I let you do that to me, and made me feel that way. You were not a man! Im sorry that we stayed together so long, and that when I wanted to, I was not strong enough to end it with you and actaully mean it. I thought that I needed you more then I needed me. You hurt me for so long, were rude and blatently mean to me, when I would have given you everything, all of me and all you had to do was ask. But I know that even then, that would not have been enough for you. I hate that I am not over you yet, that I still think about you, and hope that I will see you on the train. You broke me, but I am putting myself back together and know that I will be better off with out you. I'm sorry that you were to blind to realise how great I was, and how great we really could have been together.

xSGx

*Read during The Apologies show on 3/30/07*

I'm sorry that i let you hurt me time and again.
I'm sorry that i go running back to you every time you call.
I'm sorry for crying every time you ignore me.
I'm sorry for feeling the way i feel about you.
I'm sorry for telling the world about my feelings for you, via my blog.
I'm sorry that you made me feel safe from the first moment you put your arms around me.
But I'm not sorry for having met you, not at all.
It was one of the best days of my life, just like every other time i've see you.
I'm not sorry i waitied for an hour and a half on christmas day in the pouring rain to meet you, because you came eventually.
I'm not sorry for savouring the sweet nothings you whisper in my ear. Although they are nothing, they're amazing just because they came for you.
But i'm sorry for letting you do this to me.
I love you.

--- Bonnie

*Read during The Apologies show on 3/30/07*

I need this to reflect a better truth.

Stepbrother.

After the police cautioned you to stop touching me, I still didn't feel safe. I told my teacher that you tried again to rub on me in the hallway. You didn't. No one believed you.
The police hit you in the privates with a phonebook.
You cried. I felt power.
Finally, you got to experience shame and injustice too.

HG

*Read during The Apologies show on 3/31/07*

I'm sorry I have to tell those "little white lies" but the ADD doesn't help much either.

*Read during The Apologies show on 3/30/07*

I'm sorry I'm not the person I wanted to be, and I'm sorry that I hate myself for feeling that way.
*Read at The Apologies show on 4/6/07*

I'm sorry your HMO doesn't cover that type of injury.
---Nathan

*Read at The Apologies show on 4/5/07*

Stepbrother,
I am sorry that I lied to the police and said you were still abusing me.
It was only because the first time I spoke up and told the truth - you were not punished enough. For once I took power into my hands and made sure you got what you deserved. I know you know this and yet I am too ashamed to admit it. I had to convince myself you were evil in order to cause you so much pain.
--- Heroinegirl

*Read during The Apologies show on 3/31/07*

I'm sorry that I said "I love you" and didn't mean it.

---Harry Manning
*Read at The Apologies show on 4/6/07*

I'm sorry for the way I treated you last year. You are my best friend and I really wish I had never done that at all.
I'm sorry I wasn't really the person you thought I was.
I'm sorry you didn't think of me when this happened.
I'm sorry I lied to you about everything.
I'm sorry I don't do my homework.
I'm sorry I followed you.
I'm sorry I am a fake.

--- Harry Manning
*Read at The Apologies show on 4/6/07*

Person 1: I'm sorry for hooking up with your other ex-girlfriend after you broke up, and being the reason why she wouldn't get back with you. I'm sorry.

Person 2: I'm sorry for hooking up with your older sister. And also you younger sister. I'm sorry.

Person 3: I'm sorry for hooking up with your bestfriend and being the reason that you are now ex-bestfriends. I'm sorry.

Person 4: I'm sorry for letting you date my ex-girlfriend, and not telling you that she was a total psycho. I did that on purpose. I hope she didn't harm you in any way when you broke up with her, and if she did, I'm sorry.

I know we live a Melrose Place life, and although I cannot control this, I am still deeply sorry!

*Read at The Apologies show on 4/7/07*

I'm sorry for stealing money from the UNICEF box and spending it on penny candies.

*Read during The Apologies show on 3/31/07*

I'm sorry for all those parked cars I've dinged and then fled the scene like a little chicken because nobody saw it.

*Read during The Apologies show on 3/30/07*

I'm so sorry I had to pee. But I really had to pee. That reference to Niagra Falls didn't help any.

*Read during The Apologies show on 3/29/07*

Mom. I'm sorry you're dying and I can't do anything to stop it. You are my best friend and your brain tumor is killing me too. XO --- Deb

*Read during The Apologies show on 3/31/07*

I'm sorry I lied. But I was embarrassed. We went on a tour of Dundurn Castle with a group of cotton heads. We were in the cellar part of the building & my sour stomach produced a silent but deadly. My date exclaimed, lets get out of here fast, thats the worst smell I've ever experienced...I sheepishly agreed knowing full well, it was I.
*Read at The Apologies show on 4/6/07*

I also ran over a squirrel. I tried to swerve, but I was not successful. I watched it twitch in the rear view mirror. --- johnny maudlin

*Read during The Apologies show on 3/31/07*

I'm sorry for my past dating site addiction, I'm giving it all up for you. Please forgive me.

*Read during The Apologies show on 3/30/07*

I'm sorry for running down the hill so heavy on the feet in Algonquin Park a few years back.A little chipmunk ran under my foot and I squished him, he squirmed a bit first and then passed away. The German tourists behind me were digusted,gave me a "you murderer" look, picked the poor critter up with a stick and tossed it into the bush.My sorrowful nickname became, "chipmunk stomper" --- Tracey

*Read during The Apologies show on 3/30/07*

I'm sorry for being partially responsible for the death of the cat in our care at the boarding facility establishment. We let him out for exercise on the premises but couldn't get him to return to his accomodation, so we water spray gunned him out of his hiding space to get him safely back into his room for the night. He died at the Vets the next day, "cardio Myopathy" I think we may have scared him to death. Please forgive me.
*Read at The Apologies show on 4/7/07*

I'm sorry for stealing the antique sauce server adorned with a bunny when we broke up. It was your X-wife's and looks like its worth something. I didn't want you to have it because you were cheating with a woman 20 years younger than yourself from the office you work at. I will return it to your X in the New Year if I decide to become more religious. --- Tracey

*Read during The Apologies show on 3/30/07*

I'm sorry that I gave up on you. I am too self absorbed to handle your drug problem anymore. I'm sorry you were born last and never had the "family" I did...and I'm sorry you think I'm a psycho...but the truth is you're the addict with a shit life and I am a sucessful busniesswoman because I was strong enough to resist all that bullshit that you have covered yourself in. I'm sorry but you're just going to have to figure it out on your own.

*Read during The Apologies show on 3/31/07*

I REFUSE TO SAY I AM SORRY!
At the age of 65 yrs I have just now reached the age of reason and thoughtfulness.
Therefore I have 65 years of so many misdeeds, misspoke words and just plain stupid acts..
If I were to begin on my " sorries", the weight of which would place me on the ground with my nose in the dirt.
I CHOOSE INSTEAD TO MOVE FORWARD, NEVER MAKING THE SAME MISTAKE TWICE AND TO THINK BEFORE I ACT ON ANY EMOTION OR DEED.
There is no redemption for mistakes by me or soothing balm for those I have inadvertently hurt.
What goes around comes around and I think I have met all of them. --- Carrol
*Read at The Apologies show on 4/7/07*

I apologize to myself for dating those men. Those men that convinced me I couldn't live without them, that I wasn't good enough, that I was no one. I apoligize to myself for allowing that to happen, for letting one of them hit me, for not believing in myself enough to walk away in the beginning. I should have trusted my intuition. I should have listened to my friends. I am so sorry.

*Read during The Apologies show on 3/31/07*

I'm sorry I spent your engagement ring money on scotch and Julie when I found out you cheated on me.
I'm sorry I lied.
It was just on scotch.

*Read at The Apologies show on 4/5/07*

I am sorry for pushing everyone away. If it's any consolation, I am hurting for it, just like my mom always said, goddammit.
--- Elizabeth

*Read during The Apologies show on 3/31/07*

Mom, I'm so sorry I broke that pink glass bowl in 1972. I still remember how long you cried. It beloned to Grandma, you lost her when you were only 18....it was one of only a few things of hers you had left. I was so clumsy as a child and so much trouble. I want you to know it really hurt me to see you cry. It was an accident, and I was only 3 - unable to articulate a proper apology at the time - but I am so very sorry. Love, Kim
*Read at The Apologies show on 4/6/07*

I am sorry for not saying that I loved you, but you were fucking someone else so I didn't see the point.

*Read during The Apologies show on 3/29/07*

I am sorry for being so utterly and truly myself that, in fact, I wasn't really myself at all. Or was I? --- Anna-Lisa

*Read during The Apologies show on 3/29/07*

I'm sorry that I peed in your coffee, even though it was your fault for being such a douche bag.

*Read during The Apologies show on 3/29/07*

I am not sorry for hurting you, you deserve everything that is coming to you.
I am not sorry for leaving you.
I am not sorry for not loving you anymore.
I am not sorry for breaking up this family.
I am not sorry for being gay.
I am not sorry for demanding what I deserve.
I am not sorry for giving you what you deserve.
I am not sorry for being indifferent to you.
I am not sorry for being spontaneous, disorganized, extravagant, lavish etc.
I am not sorry for being me.
I am not sorry for cutting my hair.
I am not sorry for being fat.
I am not sorry for earning money.
I am not sorry for thinking of myself first.
I am not sorry for thinking of whomever I want to think of and in the order I've chosen.
I am not sorry for not going to church.
--- Cynthia

I am sorry for eating fast food more than once a month.
I am sorry for feeding my children fast food more than once a month...
*Read at The Apologies show on 4/6/07*

I am not sorry for the years I spent with you, but will be sorry for all the years to come if I stay. --- Cynthia

*Read during The Apologies show on 3/31/07*

I'm sorry I forget your birthday EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

*Read during The Apologies show on 3/29/07*

I'm sorry for accusing you of crank-calling me.

*Read at The Apologies show on 4/5/07*

I'm sorry for calling the cops on my own party. I'm sorry for pretending I was sober in front of the cops when you were the sober one.

*Read during The Apologies show on 3/30/07*

I'm sorry for drinking too much and forgetting that we slept together.

*Read at The Apologies show on 4/5/07*

I'm sorry for having brought you into that crazy family with those crazy kids.

*Read during The Apologies show on 3/31/07*

I'm sorry I hit you in the arm with my bag as I was getting off the subway this morning and you were standing in my way waiting to get on. I did it on purpose.

*Read during The Apologies show on 3/30/07*

I'm sorry I went on five dates with you, liked you, acted like I liked you, and then stopped calling you. I couldn't handle my family issues plus stress at work plus an angry email from you assuming that I hadn't called in a couple of days because I didn't like you anymore. I didn't call you even though you emailed me and demanded that I call you. I hope you are okay and I hope I never do that to anyone again, which is why I stopped online dating.

*Read during The Apologies show on 3/31/07*

I am so sorry for creating that fake e-mail of Jon Favreau's andsending it to you as if it were really him. You told me over andover how happy you were that he was writing you after all of theseyears. The charade went on for a few months and I never told you thatI was the one behind it all. I am so very sorry for that.

*Read during The Apologies show on 3/30/07*

I am sorry I haven't dumped you yet. I'm in love with someone else, and I sleep with her regularly.

*Read during The Apologies show on 3/30/07*

I'm sorry for making fun of your acting career. I should realize that being an extra in "We Are Marshall" is a big step forward. And I am sorry for not thinking your white hair and black eyebrows are sexy. --- Jim

*Read during The Apologies show on 3/29/07*

Sorry for wishing you were dead.

*Read during The Apologies show on 3/29/07*

I am sorry for selling my grandfather's ring at a pawn store and telling my family it was stolen.

*Read during The Apologies show on 3/31/07*

I'm sorry I took away your favorite squeaky toy.

*Read during The Apologies show on 3/29/07*

I'm So Sorry

Have you ever needed to say "I'm sorry" and just didn't know how - or the right moment seemed to slip away? Well, here is your chance to air your apologies. They will be read in March at the theater Under St. Mark's in NYC. They might fall on intended ears (if you're lucky / unlucky) or they may simply breathe in the night air. Regardless, you are one step closer in the right direction. So post your apologies - silly or severe. Then, one night in March, in no particular order, they will be heard.

You can submit your apology below in the comment section or email your apology to:

TheApologyBlog@gmail.com

I will Post them above.