The Many Faces of 'Sorry'

"I'm sorry." What does it mean? I found 6 faces of sorry; 6 ways/reasons to apologize.

There's reflex sorry - use this when you're a klutz. Your luggage accidentally knocks over a small child at the airport. Your immediate reaction, "oops! Sorry."

A personal favorite, sarcasm sorry - "Well, sssoooorrryyyy!" Come on, you know the tone. Need I say more?

Against your will sorry - "Tell your sister you're sorry for throwing her Cabbage Patch Kid at the wall!" Totally random example, because I would have never, ever done that. You readers know how close we are, how much she means to me. How can we be this close now if we ever fought like that? Holes in doors, daily calls to Mom to tattle? NEVER.

Stop the madness sorry - you know that apologizing will make it all better. What's it? It can be anything. Why are you apologizing? You aren't sure, you just want it to go away.

Truly sorry - wow, now you've done it. But you whole-heartedly feel bad for what you've done. And you feel bad because you've made someone else feel bad. You're sorry they hurt.

Truly selfish sorry - you've still really done it. Someone's upset with you or with your actions. You're sorry that you feel bad, not that someone else does. You apologize to relieve your pain, not the other person's. And that is sorry.

Did I cover them all? Miss anything? If I did... well, sssoooorrryyyyy!