Should I use emoji with my dad?

A single 🙇 or 🙏 is fine and reads as respectful. Anything more emotional can feel out of register with the relationship. Plain text is also entirely appropriate here.

What if he never apologises back?

That is common and it is not the point. An apology is for your part of it. Waiting for reciprocity turns it into a transaction and usually means neither happens.

Is a text the right way to do this?

It can be, especially if conversations between you tend to go badly. A message gives both of you time to think. If you can say it in person without it turning into an argument, that is better still.

For him

Sorry 100 Times for your dad

With a dad, an apology often has to get past a lifetime of not doing apologies. That is why the plain version works better here than anything emotional — it is long enough to be unmistakable and neutral enough not to be embarrassing for either of you.

Copy the text Read the FAQ

Last reviewed 21 September 2026 · Nothing is stored, nothing is appended to the text

Sorry 100 times — for your dad

100 lines · 1,399 characters

I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇
I am sorry 🙇

Plain text, ready to copy. Change the wording or emoji in the generator below.

Send it to someone

Quick answer

How do I say sorry 100 times to your dad?

Send the 100-line block below, then add one sentence in your own words that names the specific thing you are apologising for. With your dad, the sentence matters more than the block — the repetition shows you made an effort, but the sentence is what actually tells them you understood.

About 600 characters plain, ≈800 with an emoji on each line.
Use the same emoji on every line rather than mixing them.
One specific sentence underneath does more work than the block.

Why your dad is a different kind of apology

Many father-child relationships do not have a working vocabulary for this, so an apology can feel like a bigger event than the argument was. That is where a repeated block helps: it says the thing clearly without requiring either of you to be articulate about feelings, which is often the actual barrier.

So keep it simple and keep it direct. "I was out of line and I am sorry" is a complete apology in this context. Adding emotional language can make it harder for him to respond, which is not what you want.

The useful move is to leave him an easy way back. Saying "you do not have to reply to this" is not a formality — with a parent who is not fluent in apologies, removing the expectation of a response is often what makes one possible.

Lines that work with your dad

One sentence, after the block. Change these until they sound like something you would actually say.

“I was out of line. I am sorry.”

The direct version
“You were trying to help and I treated it like an insult.”

For a conversation about your choices
“You do not have to reply to this. I just wanted to say it.”

If he is not one for talking
“I know I have not said this enough. That is on me.”

For a longer pattern

Things that make it worse

Specific to your dad. Each of these reliably turns an apology into a second argument.

Getting emotional in the message if that would make him uncomfortable.
Reopening the argument about what he said.
Making the apology conditional on him acknowledging his part.
Long explanations of your reasoning — that is a defence, not an apology.
Sending it and then calling immediately to check he read it.

If they have asked for space

A hundred lines is still a message, and sending it when someone has asked to be left alone is the opposite of what they asked for. Wait. The block will still be here, and it will land better in a day than it would right now.

Which count to use

Situation	Count	Why
A small mistake	50	Long enough to be deliberate, short enough to be read
Something that actually hurt them	100	The all-round choice
A repeat of the same mistake	500	The volume signals you know this is not the first time
Something serious	1,000	Reads as commitment rather than convenience

Counts above 1,000 stop fitting in most apps — see the 10,000 page for the delivery caveats.

Sorry 100 times for your dad — questions

Keep it short, plain and without conditions. The block does the volume; your sentence should name what you did wrong and nothing else. Leaving him an easy way to respond — or not respond — usually helps.

Apologising to someone else?

There are versions tuned for every relationship, plus the generic block.

See all versions Sorry 100 times