:By the way, the word "grovel" has connotations. You know who "grovels"; who "abases themselves"? Worms grovel, in metaphor. Slaves grovel. Condemned prisoners grovel. Dogs grovel. If I try to do the honorable thing and apologize to you in a place where people who've seen your accusation can also see my apology, then I don't see how that makes me a worm, a slave, a condemned prisoner, nor a dog. Rather than recognizing that I was attempting to do the honorable thing, you chose to characterize me as "groveling". If you don't see anything rude about that, then I question your judgment. There is a huge difference between, "You don't need to apologize again," and "Don't grovel". The first comes across as gracious; the second as contemptuous.  I don't assume that you meant to sound contemptuous, not any more than I did when I mentioned being of sound mind ("just like you", being the phrase I omitted). I don't assume that you intended an insult, but you managed to do it anyway. -