6. Your opinions. No one has any right to make you feel bad for having your own opinion and no one should make you feel like you have to apologize for it. You don’t have to agree with someone’s opinion, but you should at least respect that it’s their opinion and everyone is entitled to have their own. Sometimes you may need to apologize for how you deliver your opinion (just like when you tell someone how you really feel and they don’t like it), but you shouldn’t apologize for what your opinion is.
5. Fangirling/Fanboying. This kind of goes hand in hand with numbers 4 and 11. So you really like a band/artist/celebrity/movie franchise/etc. and get really excited about them or things involving them? Who cares. You also shouldn’t have to make excuses or apologize for why you like that person/thing because you don’t have to explain yourself to anyone. The only time you can apologize for being a fangirl/fanboy is if you talk about it excessively in front of someone who has openly told you they don’t like that subject because then that’s just being rude.
4. Not liking the same things as everyone else or liking things someone else doesn’t approve of. Again, you are entitled to your own opinions and no one else has to like them. For example, Beyonce and Starbucks seem to be very popular and well liked in our society, but you don’t like them. You should by no means start apologizing because you’re one of the, what seems like a few, people who don’t like either. That doesn’t make you an outcast or a weirdo and no one has the right to make you feel bad about not agreeing with everyone else. This also applies to liking things that other people don’t approve of. Stop saying things like “sorry, I just don’t like ___” or “sorry, I just really like ____”. You have nothing to be sorry about.
3. Changing your appearance (hair color, hair length, getting colored contacts, etc.). If you want to change your appearance then go for it. This is a personal choice and it affects no one but you, so no one else should have the ability to make you feel bad about it. (i.e. Kylie Jenner and her lips. I may not agree with her decision to get lip fillers because I think she was too young when she got it done and I don’t agree with plastic surgery, but she doesn’t have to apologize to me or anyone else for making a decision that makes her feel better about herself.)
2. Something that isn’t your fault. There’s a difference between apologizing when you know you’re at fault and apologizing because someone made you feel like you had to. Saying sorry just because someone makes you feel like you should makes the phrase lose all of its meaning. For example, if you and a friend fight and you speak your mind and tell them how you feel, you shouldn’t feel the need to go back on what you’ve said and say sorry just because you hurt their feelings. If it was uncalled for or rude, then definitely apologize, but if you’re saying sorry just to make them happy: stop.
1. Asking questions. There have been many times when people will continuously ask questions and then say “sorry for asking so many questions”. But why are you sorry? You shouldn’t have to apologize for being curious or needing things clarified. This can be annoying to some people if you continuously ask a million questions in the middle of class, but you could easily ask your professors the questions after class so you’re not getting on peoples nerves. Either way, however, you have nothing to apologize for.
