The Hidden Habits of People Who Never Say Sorry—Can You Spot Them?
8) They wait for you to drop it
Sometimes, the most effective way to avoid apologizing is to do absolutely nothing.
No excuses, no jokes, no blame-shifting—just silence. They know you’re upset, but instead of addressing it, they wait.
They assume that if they ignore the situation long enough, you’ll either move on or feel too exhausted to bring it up again.
And more often than not, it works. Not because the issue wasn’t important, but because you get tired of fighting for an apology that was never going to come.