{"id":57335,"date":"2019-02-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/57335\/6-ways-lebanese-parents-apologize-without-really-apologizing"},"modified":"2019-02-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T00:00:00","slug":"6-ways-lebanese-parents-apologize-without-really-apologizing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/57335\/6-ways-lebanese-parents-apologize-without-really-apologizing\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Ways Lebanese Parents Apologize Without Really Apologizing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whether they lost an argument or hurt our feelings in some way, Lebanese parents are very peculiar about pride and they\u2019ll (for the most part) never apologize. Here are six ways they\u2019ll express remorse without saying sorry.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/26AHJGQPw92E2p4zu\/200.gif\" width=\"70%\"><\/p>\n<p>   <b>1. \u201cYalla ta3eh 3al akel\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Sounds like such a mundane everyday thing, right? After an argument, this is a classic parental apology. <\/p>\n<p>  <b>2. \u201cNa2sak masareh?\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/94EQmVHkveNck\/giphy.gif\" width=\"70%\"><\/p>\n<p>  Of course you won&#8217;t be hearing a sorry so, what\u2019s the next best thing? Money! (Not that we\u2019re complaining.)<\/p>\n<p>  <b>3. Pretending that nothing ever happened<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/vA5evXPactVhC\/giphy.gif\" width=\"70%\"><\/p>\n<p>  If everything returns to normal after an argument, you know you\u2019ve won. <\/p>\n<p>  <b>4. Asking your siblings to be nice to you<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  They&#8217;ll take your side for once. <\/p>\n<p>  <b>5. They don\u2019t bug you about curfew.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Your night of freedom, curtesy of your non-apology apology. <\/p>\n<p>  <b>6.  They will get up and get their own remote<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/gkrC5xECBbAbe\/giphy.gif\" width=\"70%\"><\/p>\n<p>  Your parents won&#8217;t be calling for you from across the house to ask you to get the remote for them that is right in front of them? That is THE ultimate apology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether they lost an argument or hurt our feelings in some way, Lebanese parents are very peculiar about pride and they\u2019ll (for the most part) never apologize.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":441365,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_preview_accessed":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"media-embed-type":[],"class_list":["post-57335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-listomania"],"authorship":[46],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>6 Ways Lebanese Parents Apologize Without Really Apologizing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Whether they lost an argument or hurt our feelings in some way, Lebanese parents 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