How do you deal with insincere apologies?

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1. Move on

2. I say that feels insincere to me and I don’t accept it. Come back when you really mean it.

3. Honestly, even if I think it is insincere there are 2 possibilities:

   1) it is sincere, and I look like a jerk for not accepting
   2) it is insincere, they are a jerk for being insincere about it, and it’s not worth the time or effort to deal with that kind of person.

   Long story short. Accept it, and move on, and things are just better for you overall

4. Smile, thank them and tell them to have a great day.

5. Depends on the context.

   Can be “ok buddy” or “come back when you mean it”

6. Kind of depends what you want out of potentially driving that conflict.

   If for example it’s your relationship with your mother, it might be worth mentioning how it felt insincere and that’s hurtful.

   If it’s a co-worker and you feel his compliments on your new shoes weren’t 100% sincere, is it really worth driving that conflict? Yes is an okay answer in this case, just know it is somewhat confrontational.

7. I don’t accept real apologies, so a fake one just makes me laugh.

8. Who cares, you can’t force someone to feel a way that they don’t about something

9. Take it, but drop that person. The next time will be worse.

10. I accept them. Sincerity is their problem, not mine.

11. “I hear you; I also heard you before.”

12. Some people will choose to be so flagrantly disrespectful to you as a person and also to the concept of your friendship, by thinking that if they say ‘oh, sorry’, that’s entirely enough required of them toapologise, explain , and maybe even make restitupoor poo e sb jligtion.
    They know that social etiquette requires the two words to be said verbally, which filfills their bit. They believe that you are now obliged to acknowledge, believe and accept the ‘sorry’, which effectively just bumends the matter completely.

    Thinking that the’yve manoevered you successfuly and cleverly, this is clearly not anitcarry the 5 an s0l0pl

    Not acceptable. Not acceptable at all. I believe that a

13. With amused indifference

14. Just accept the apology.