Is it ever too late to apologize?

I honestly think an apology is always welcomed. It may make a person angry for a bit as they remember/realize something they did to you but I also believe it shows great remorse apologizing late. It seems more authentic as a person has been dwelling on the subject for sometime and would sincerely mean it.

Sometimes the damage is so great that the person may not want an apologize but for that person who hurt them to just go away forever. Or there are the people who hold hate for someone for a long time and they get an apology and can finally let go.

My guilt about a relationship I messed up haunted me for 3 years straight. I finally apologized 3 effing years after my mistake occured, and I hadn't ever even seen or spoken to that person since it did.

But it worked. He forgave me.

Time heals wounds.

It is never too late to apologize, but you have to realize that saying you are sorry is no guarantee that they will either accept your apology much less re-establish your former relationship.

On the other hand, what do you have to lose by trying ?

i say if it is to the point to where that person has to calm down first then let them calm down and then have a really good apology for them.

Y'know, even if you have both "moved on" then you still might want to acknowldege that you were a jerk/thoughtless/insensitive, etc.....it lets the other person know that you value them - and thats always a nice thing for someone else to feel.

I don't think it is every too late to apologize as long as the apology is sincere.

IT CAN BE, IN SOME CASES...DEPENDS ON THE PERSON THEY MIGHT NEVER CALM DOWN..AND REALLY, SOME PEOPLE WILL NEVER FORGIVE OR FORGET...BUT TO CLEAR YOUR HEAD, WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING, ALWAYS APOLOGIZE RIGHT AWAY...

Is it ever too late to apologize?

Yes, if the person you owe the apolgy to, is dead.

Yes, when you are standing over their bodies and your gun's been fired. That's a bit late.