Are these life principles reasonable or am I being too harsh?

[Anonymous]

These are my main principles:

- If you're not sorry, save your breath.

Personally I'm a believer that an apology shouldn't be thrown easily, not even to save face. A fake or forced apology to me is worse than none at all. At least an unremorseful jerk is more sincere than a liar.

- Don't bite more than you can chew

I walk away and won't escalate unless it's to save my family. I hate those that dish it out but are shocked when the other person is also reactive. Then obviously both need to get charged. They hide behind the "But I'm weaker or I'm your father" card. That makes you a cowardly bully. If the person won't do anything back to you, then feel guilty, feel bad... have empathy at least.

- Nothing is ever free, everything cost in life

Why would anyone still fall for calls saying you're going to get free coupons, free gifts, etc and then get all surprised when you have to pay for a club trial to even get those items? People aren't going to make a living by giving things for free out of pure kindness. This can do be applied with someone calling themselves nice too much... yeah right. You're expecting something in return.

[Stevepro68]

I don't know you but it seems to me that early in your life you had a lot of insecurity. You learned early on the the only person you can rely on is yourself. through that lense as a adult you will always find confirmation that you were right all along. That everything is a manipulation or a cover for what they want from you. The only truth is selfish or angry responses. Like all human interactions what you say is true but not always and some of these circumstances you have very defined narrow parameters. Must be a lonely existence.

[strateguy632]

Sometimes lying is good. Like saying sorry even if you don't mean it. "If you text it i'll delete it-gals" deserve to be alone.

I once apologized and the gal said "saying sorry does not count" so i dumped her.

[Anonymous]

Everyone should say what they mean and mean what they say. And of course nothing is free.

[RachyRach]

These are great principles in theory but don't always work in reality unfortunately