The most powerful five letter words: SORRY

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Sorry is a five letter word that I always see as very powerful. It is capable of restoring peace in that relationship. While some people find it hard to say, others say it effortlessly. Before now, you will have to literally fry egg for me before I can say sorry to you. For some persons, they just accepted me the way they saw me then while others took it as a serious thing. But all that changed after I got married. Marriage has really humbled me because I now say sorry whether or not I am at fault just because I want peace in my home.

My husband is a Sorry ambassador. He doesn't see it as anything and that's why the first time we were newly married, my inability to say sorry nearly made him run mad. I remember how he use to scream when I do something wrong and instead of saying sorry, I will just move on like I didn't do anything. But all that changed when something happened. We had a misunderstanding and he was at fault. I was so mad at him and instead of him to apologize, he ignored me and acted like nothing happened.

Like how the hell will you ignore me after being at fault? I said to him that day. We had agreed that morning for him to come home in time so we can visit my mum later in the evening. He agreed and said he would meet me up at my mum's place from work. I waited until past 7pm and he didn't show up. All these while I was calling him, he was saying that he was on his way. He finally sent a text saying that I should find my way home. I was boiling that day.

All I was waiting to do was just get home and pour out my anger on him.
I got home and here he was playing his PS4. Hello sir, did you really leave me at my mum's place to play ps4? Uncle was not even acting like someone was talking to him. He just said welcome. I felt like beating him up like a child. Like how can a full grown man act that way. I was boiling with anger. This son of man just looked at me and started smiling. He asked me why I was boiling? I told him if he expected me to respond to that question. I told him to say sorry because what he did was wrong. He said he would never say sorry to me because when I do something I hardly say sorry. So he said i should feel exactly the way he usually feels when I mess up. This husband man just kissed me and went to the bedroom to sleep.

I don't know if it was the kiss or what just calmed me down. But those words of his just felt like I was poured cold water. So this is how he feels when I make him angry and not apologize to him. I told myself that I would always say sorry because I now feel what he usually feels when I hurt him. So now, I have had a taste of my own dose and I can say that saying sorry is no big deal because it brings peace all the time. But because most tines we feel too big to say those words, that's why we end up hurting each other. Sometimes, we don't even know how much we hurt people when we don't say sorry for hurting them. Just like in my case, I didn't know that all these while, my inability to say sorry has been hurting my husband a great deal.

We reconciled that night with a little couple thing(don't ask me what happened please 😂). And just like the popular fairy tale stories, we lived happily ever after.

Thank you for reading.