I would like to talk about an occasion when my close friends preferred to apologize to me. It happened, it occurred about a year ago at school. At school, namely when my close friend accidentally broke my earphones. To be precise, she borrowed my earphones, one of our English lessons, because she had forgotten to bring her awen. and in the moment of the situation she wanted to stood up and the wire of earphones got stuck on her chair and snap it at first I was a bit annoyed because those earphones were quite new and expensive expensive and after that after that she came to me looking really guilty and said I’m so sorry I didn’t mean to break them I will buy a new pair as soon as possible as soon as possible and her her voice was shaky shaky and I and I I could tell she felt bad about it. I accepted her apology right away because I knew it was a genuine accident. accident after that week she actually surprised me with a new pair of earphones which made me really delighted I felt touched by her honesty and and sincerity. I believe that the true friends are willing to take responsibility for their actions and strive to maintain their integrity.
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I would like to talk about an occasion when my close friend apologized to me. It happened about a year ago at school. My close friend accidentally broke my earphones. To be precise, she borrowed my earphones during one of our English lessons because she had forgotten to bring her own. In the moment, she wanted to stand up, and the wire of the earphones got stuck on her chair and snapped. At first, I was a bit annoyed because those earphones were quite new and expensive. After that, she came to me looking really guilty and said, "I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to break them. I will buy a new pair as soon as possible." Her voice was shaky, and I could tell she felt bad about it. I accepted her apology right away because I knew it was a genuine accident. After that week, she actually surprised me with a new pair of earphones, which made me really delighted. I felt touched by her honesty and sincerity. I believe that true friends are willing to take responsibility for their actions and strive to maintain their integrity.
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