Do You See Any Sincerity If A Person Apologizes Through Phone Call Or By SMS?

I think it's ok if someone first apologize through phone call or sms. If there's no time to meet, the fastest way to say sorry is by telephone,, so we are no wandering this person is feel sorry or not while waiting him/her to come and apologize. Then, there's people who prefer not to answer phone call from the one who hurts him/her heart, so sms is ok for this case. at least he/she can read the apologize. Finally, approach personally and prove what you've talked on phone or sms that you're really sory. So I think combine method (phone, sms and meet) is the best..

Hi rberon, seems that you took out your avatar,eh. am not sure if you remember me, but doesn't matter. for me, it depends on a person but i think i appreciate it if they do apologize through call because it feels like lazy dazy if they just apologize through SMS only.

Well maybe I am soft in nature and an escapist too, but I would accept an SMS apology if I know the person who has sent it. first and foremost, let me say that I take a ‘sorry’ very seriously i.e. I don’t think it’s a frivolous word, once a person says ‘sorry’ it has to come from within and takes a lot of courage to admit that yes, I am wrong. And to do it personally, in front of the person to whom you are apologizing, takes all the more effort and strength. Not everybody can do so…mostly its ego that comes in between. So many people want to say sorry, but feel embarrassed to do so and sent it thru SMS. If I ever receive any apology thru SMS I’ll accept it coz at least the person is making an effort to admit the mistake. If its over phone, its all the more better and acceptable to me.

It will depend on what the person is saying they are sorry for, it is something simple, sure, I will be fine with it, if it is serious and they want me to forgive them I will text back either call me or meet me somewhere but I am not talking about this on text. IT has not happen to me btw but that's how I would handle it.

I dont see any sincerity if persom is apologize through sms.It is better if we approach and apologize to the person infront of them.If u feel some shame you can make a call.Aplolgizing through sms and phone is not effective.The opposite person wil think that you are just lieng orelse ur acting.In my opinion it is better option to approach them and say "sorry".After all mistakes are done by human being.

I believe it depends on the severity of the incident - if somebody wrecked my car, as I read in a previous post, then of course a personal apology is appropriate. However, I find it difficult in some situations to personally apologize to people, and this view may also be shared by other shy myLotters out there. In such cases SMS or a telephone call (I personally prefer SMS) serves as a convenient way to relay the apology. Another thing to consider is whether the person who is apologizing to you lives close to, or far from you. :)

it depends on the situation and the matter. If its something I can be pleased, its ok with me. If not so much serious, why not. Plus now calling in phones is like talking personally to me. If the matter is too serious, then may be its bette rto talk personally.

OH and what if he comes to see you, and you snap his head off? That is why some people do not apologize in person. They are afraid that you will get very angry and say nasty things to them instead of saying "it's all right. I already forgotten about it," (which is probably a lie, but you say it because you do not want the other person to be wracked with guilt for the remainder of his life and you are basically a nice person.) I would forgive the person if he or she called me on the phone, or emailed me. I would understand why he or she would not want to approach me. Also that email might explain their reasonings and I could email back telling him their reason was wrong and eventually get him to change his attitude.

I don't think its fair to the other person who has to forgive. Sincere apology, I feel should be heart felt and honest but most off all face to face. Its difficult to know actual intentions otherwise. Moreover whats the point in resieving an sms, saying 'I'm Sorry,' I don't think it makes any sense, since the hurt still lingers.

For me it depends upon who the person is and what his/her mistake is. Some problems can be easily worked out through the phone and some are not. If a person asks forgiveness from me thru a phonecall or a SMS message and I feel the need of still talking to him/her personally to resolve our differences, i would ask him/her to talk personally with me.

Before I am very sensitive I want a personal apology but it's different now.It's no longer an issue weather he/she said sorry thru text, call or mail. Actually, I really don't expect one person to do that. My concern is myself I would like to forgive the person as soon as possible even without hearing sorry. I don't entertained burden and my anger is gone.

I think both the ways are sincere. I don't think a person can say 'sorry' whatever be the way of saying it, only when he really appoligize about the issue. But, the feel you get varies. You will get the real feel when somebody apologizes directly than sending it as a text message or telling it over phone.

i don't really believe in people apologising over the phone, they might not be sincere about it, it will be ideal if they apologise publicly and appear physically in person rather than saying it over the phone, if a person apologise physically it will show how sincere he or she is

ABSOLUTELY NOW! because sometimes sending SMS or phone call may lead to misunderstand right? the WORD apologizing most have effort so that to who you are apologizing will forgive you because of the effort! am i correct?

I know that it is very hard for some people to appologize. I would be ok with the phone call. Not sure what SMS is but any attempt to appologize would be ok with me. I'm pretty open to any means of communication as long as the person was attempting to communicate and especially in a situation like this. They are going out of their way to contact me and appologize so I'd assume that they must be feeling something otherwise they'd just let it go.

There can be a sincerity if he apologize thru phone. It's really better if apologizing personally but if the phone is the only way for an immediate apology, there can be a sincerity depending on the real intention of the one apologizing.

Face to face apology needs much more courage, and the thought of possible rejection from the other side might cause him to give up. A phone call or remote comunication will not cause such problem. Personally, I accept whatever the approach as long as regret is expressed. I believe an understanding attitude might help mend the gap, which is good for both sides.

For me, I think I will not believe somebody apologize by sms is sincerity. Because you don't know what he/she think, just some word in sms. At least, I will not accept this kind of apologize. But apologize through phone call I can accept. If you recieve a call, you can judge from the voice, you can get his/her emotion at that time.

I just had this happen where my insane cousin accused me of saying things I never said. She told her mom she was going to apologize by leaving a voicemail and an email for me, I said that won't cut it. She finally apologized but I still don't believe her psycho butt. Apologizing over the phone, computer, or whatever is not a nice way of saying sorry.

I don't see any sincerity if a person apologizes through phone or by SMS. Reason being is that you don't see the facial expression, they just do it because a friend or a family member told them to do so. If that person feel realy sorry for what he/she has done they would want to come face to face with that individual to apologize. For me I will forgive them based on the situation for example if that person is in a different country I would not have any second thought in forgiving that person, because in such a situation it would be difficult for that person to apologize in person. For me,I have had experience were persons had apologize face to face but not all persons will do so. Happy mylotting!