Thank you! I'm sorry! Which is more difficult to say?

When it comes to saying thank you and I'm sorry, both are pretty difficult especially if it requires out-most sincerity. There are people who says thank you as a habit of just saying it whenever they receive something even if they do not really mean it, even if it is not heartfelt, just out of courtesy to somebody. Sometimes it is difficult to distinguish if they really mean it or not. I'm sorry is a lot harder to say compared to thank you. Pride usually comes in the way, not accepting that fact that you have done something wrong or staying firm that you have done the right thing even though somebody was hurt in the process. It gets harder when somebody's trust was lost. Sometimes a simple sorry wouldn't make things right. At times it also becomes repetitive, you kept saying I'm sorry but continue doing the same mistakes over and over again that by simply saying it is meaningless in itself. Overall, there are times when we forget the true meaning behind those words to the point that just saying thank you and I'm sorry become just a bunch of letters put together. Without sincerity, if not heartfelt, those words hold no meaning at all.

I share the same sentiments as you. Well the thing is, saying sorry needs a lot of courage and confidence, which was why it was hard. However when in casual cases, you can say it easily like, when you knock into someone, that you can say sorry casually. Everytime when someone mentions this topic, I'll always refer to the song---'sorry seems to be the hardest word'. True indeed.

A heartfelt "I am sorry." is much more difficult to say, because by admitting you are sorry, means that you did something that was wrong. It takes a strong person to say "I'm sorry." The longer the person waits to say "I'm sorry." the harder it is.

For me, I think I am sorry is a more difficult thing to say. But I have forced myself to overcome the barrier. It is nothing more than the ego at work. Once you have put that aside, you will realise that it is not that difficult after all.

Apology is much harder to say for me. Thank you is easy. Anytime we can say thank you but to say sorry and admit is our wrong. Apology is always the hardest but what I do is to 'transform' apology to a treat like coffee or something to show I am sorry :)

I guess sorry is more difficult to say than thank you becuase it is your pride that is endangered in the context of apology. As person, I really had issues when it comes to admitting mistakes. That's makes it hard for me to say 'I'm sorry' to a person without being hurt by yourself in the process. But I do mean the words when I say them to a person becuase I know that the specific person I'm apologizing to deserves that sorry and admittance from me.

For me I can say sorry easier than thank you. Maybe I feel weird when i say thank you for something and to someone i know. I always say sorry because I feel guilty if I done wrong to people and will say it a lot. Maybe it is depend to our attitude and should exercise ourself to say sorry and thank you.

For me it is harder to say I'm sorry than to say thank you. I guess it has to do with the fact that saying I'm sorry also means acknowledging you wrong and there in lies the problem, isn't it? Admitting that we are in the wrong. That's the hardest part but once you get to that, apologizing gets easier.

I guess saying sorry is harder then saying thank you. Sorry shows weakness and mistake for a person, however admiting one's mistake show remorse and willingness to improve, however sometime sorry is overused and means nothing. Saying sorry also can sometime defuse some hot temper and reduce the hot situation from further explosion and fighting.

I also found that saying sorry is much more difficult than saying a simple thank you. Because saying thank you only needs welcome word back but for saying sorry, it is more than I forgive you sentence. It is also hard when you say sorry to certain people but we don't actually mean it, we don't really want to say sorry but only because we are trying to look after the person's feeling. Thanks for sharing and have a nice day

Saying sorry is difficult? Maybe in different culture. As I heard from a unknown source, Japanese may be more likely to say sorry, which can't be understood by foreigners. They like to bend their bodies to show courtesy even at 90 degrees. In other countries, it may seem that you've done something wrong.

Same as you i always feel the same way regarding about our parents. :) I sometimes try my best to tell sorry to them but my mouth dont let me to speak out the words. IM SORRY! :) For me saying IM SORRY is harder than syaing thank you. Because thank you is easy to say:) Thanks you for sharing this post :) Happy mylotting! :) [See? Thank you is much easier to say anytime you want unlike IM SORRY haha :)]

Hi darknessfalls! Of course it's im sorry. I say thank you all the time. That's what everyone learns from their parents, to be polite. But im sorry is a totally different word. The words is said to ask for forgiveness to those that you have done wrong. And sometimes, we as humans want to keep our pride therefore saying sorry might just be the hardest word to say. Haven't you heard of the song 'Sorry seems to be the hardest word'?

Thank you is easiest to say, because theres no harm done before that. you dont need to swallow a pride just to say it. I'm Sorry on the other hand, requires you to swallow your pride. or more you need to be at least serious in saying thaat.

Actually for me saying I'm sorry is very difficult to say why because sometimes our ego is the enemy. But if you are very cool guy and quite low profile I think it is easy to give your sorry to other. Thank you is like a flowery words only of other people, means some saying thank you but not really thanks from their heart.. see you around

for me,, thank you is the most beautiful word i want to hear i want to be heared.. sorry might be the hardest word for me, i think,, i always have a fight with my boyfriend and i know it's always my fault,well not the serious type,,anyways, when we have an argument, or fight, it always go worse because i always stood my ground,, i want to tell him i'm sorry but everytime i try to say those words my pride always holds me back,, i guess i'm just too rude,, sorry means much to me but i couldn't even give it to my bf, if he's wrong he always try to make me feel he's really sorry, but if i made the fault, i couldn't give my "sorry" to him,, i guess that's the hardest word for me,,