10 Powerful ways to apologize to your partner when you’ve really messed up things

7. Say it with an act of service

Is there a particular task that your partner wants done that you’ve been putting off? Now might be the perfect time to do it. Don’t do this as a payoff for your crime or with the expectation that all is forgiven. Just do what you’ve neglected doing and later, when you say “I’m sorry,” you can let her know that part of your gift to repair what you have done is that you took care of the task you know she wanted done.