I read an article recently about how women tend to apologize for an inordinate amount of things; even when events are out of their control. So I decided to take notice and note of the things I apologized for, for a few days:

• not standing in the rain without an umbrella
• limping
• having to go to the bathroom
• my daughter’s ADHD
• someone hitting my grocery cart with theirs
• not shaving my armpits
• being half an hour early for an appointment
• a power outage
• having stuff in the trunk of my car
• having to borrow money
• my friend’s daughter being out of town

So… why do women do this? Not all, but most of the women I know apologize for simple everyday things on the daily. Why is it your fault if someone steps on your foot? Or when you don’t respond to a text immediately? Or when your kid flips out at Target for no reason? Wait… maybe an apology is in order for that one.