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hiromichi



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PostPosted: Thu Aug 02, 2018 5:30 pm    Post subject: write a very big check Reply with quote
I don't understand a last sentence in the paragraph below. Pls help.

Saying You’re Sorry
Fifty years ago in the movie "Love Story," Ali McGraw’s character Jennifer says, "Love means never having to say you’re sorry." "Love Story" was fiction. Plus, Jennifer dies. Who's sorry now, Ali? Who's sorry now?

Every relationship is made much more efficient if you just start apologizing on day one and keep apologizing for everything. If the other person says "You apologize too much!", apologize for that, too. Eventually, they’ll write you a very big check to go away and stop bothering them.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 03, 2018 7:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I think this is someone who is not really serious, and it looks to me like the person who wrote it meant exactly what it said. The idea is if you apologize for everything and apologize so much that the other person can't stand it anymore, they will write you a big check to just go away and stop bothering them. It doesn't really make sense because why would you want to apologize so much and who would write a check to make you go away? But I guess the writer wanted to make that point.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 04, 2018 1:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Lorikeet,
I have to admit I lack a sense of humor.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 04, 2018 9:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
It wasn't funny to me either.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 04, 2018 10:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Lorikeet,
Thank you for your comment.
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