Still plugging away at assertiveness, here! Does anybody apologize for things they have said that have not been helpful to others / may have even been unhelpful for others or harmful? I'm pretty big into taking personal responsibility for my own actions. If I have a friendship, relationship of any kind, I like to make things better always. I find that ownership of one's own behavior is actually a very empowering thing. It doesn't always work with everyone though. For instance, if I'm talking to someone who likes to blame the other person always and only, and doesn't own their part, that's hard.