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For apologizing or dealing with apologies from others, as well as how to make one and also how to accept one in a certain way.

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How to respond to "I'm bothering you" when I do think they're bothering me?

I sense that the expected response to these half-apologies is "It's ok" but it's not, and I sometimes can't bring myself to say it. How should I respond without sounding excessively rude? …
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What is the etiquette for responding to "Don't worry about it" with something you are sorry ...

I was meant to buy travel tickets for somebody, but they all got sold out before I could. There were reasons for them not being able to buy the tickets themselves. I was helping out, they asked me to …
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