1331Fiona sent her SOTM in from Exeter in the UK. She wrote: “I tend to say sorry too often, sometimes for things that aren't my fault. When my friend told me this, it reminded me that while apologising can be cathartic, and of course polite, sometimes it mitigates someone else's inappropriate behaviour and places the blame on you.

"So I stopped saying sorry to the boy who I was scared would get cold feet, and things were better :)”