Apology?

Let’s make up a ‘hypothetical’, since the only way you can have a ‘hypothetical’ is to make it up.

I cheated on my wife. She found out and now I must confront her.

Apology #1: “Dear, I have made a terrible mistake and am sorry for the damage I did to you and our marriage.”

Apology #2: “Dear, I have made a terrible mistake and am sorry if you feel like this damages our marriage, although that clearly was not my intent.”

# 2 is not an apology. It is the egocentric rambling of a child.

John Kerry, take note.