Is it ever acceptable to get somebody else to to pass on a message that you are "sorry"? If so, when?

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It sounds like she doesn’t want to face you to apologize, that’s a second rate apology, IMHO. The only time I would think that method acceptable is if a mutual friend was acting as a go-between for too people no longer on speaking terms. +GQ

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