Why do people think it's okay for them to do horrible things as long as they apologize afterwards

If a person keeps on doing the same mistakes, maybe it's intentional and he/she think she can get away by saying sorry. But if it's just done two or three times, maybe he/she was just not really thinking before doing something.

You know, that's a good question. I have never been able to understand that myself. I always tell my kids that a person can make a mistake and apologize for it, but, the way to know if they truly are apologetic is if their actions reflect it. In other words, if someone does something to hurt another, and they are apologetic, they will do their very best to make sure that it doesn't happen again. Actions always speak louder than words.

I don't think that people actually thinks it is ok. They do know that what they are doing is not ok but they may feel that the person they are doing wrong to will forgive them anyway. So I think the problem is more on the person being done wrong to. If something happened to you that hurt you in anyway then you should be firm on that and not just try to brush it off when the person apologize. Tell the person immediately that what they did is not ok but you do forgive them and expect that it will never happen again. If the person keep on being passive with it then the people will take advantage of the situation.

If people actually do such things, like I mean intentionally, then it is just wrong. Actions or words, both with negative effects are always bad, especially if done intentionally. However, if they do something unconsciously, for example, speak their mind without thinking thoroughly about it and something offensive comes out, then I guess they should be shocked and should apologize. What I mean is, sometimes people make mistakes, and sometimes more frequent than it should, but we are human, we will make mistakes, and some may not be able to fix old habits right away. As long as they are truly apologizing for their actions, and they recognize it is wrong then I or everyone should be able to forgive (note of course that it will depend on what was done, sometimes it is hard or cannot be forgiven. But if they smile, while doing something wrong, then it is wicked as you mentioned.