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From: Gary J. Rentschler
Date: 11 Oct 2009
Time: 19:26:48 -0500
Remote Name: 72.65.194.105
Pam.. I think it depends upon "why" you are apologizing. As an acknowledgment that you are stuttering seems like you are offering a chance to start a conversation about your stuttering.. which would be a positive affirmation. In other social interactions we apologize for things that really don't require an apology... these are also often things that aren't really apologies, but acknowledgments or "testing the waters"... "I'm sorry, I seem to be monopolizing the conversation; why am I doing all the talking?" Its a way of asking if its okay that I'm running on at the mouth! Truly apologizing for stuttering isn't such a positive statement about one's self. It seems to say that I did something wrong or I feel I did something wrong. Most people ARE pretty understanding, once you tell them that you stutter, and they aren't looking for you to say you are sorry. If something's not your fault, I don't see there's a need to apologize for it?.... but I think as a way of acknowledging your stutter, this is a socially acceptable action.