Men: You've really done it this time...you blew it...how do you show you are truly sorry?

What do you do when you really royally know that you did something wrong to your partner/wife/girlfriend? How do you really show her (him) that you are really sorry for your inexcusable behavior?

Apologizing is not enough at times. Not if the basic relationship is already on tenterhooks. Talk is cheap. I think there has to be a gesture of some sort to actually show the person how much they mean to you….to mend the bridges…especially if the relationship is already floundering and your partner has legitimate gripes with you.

What grand gesture (outrageous or small or special or interesting) have you done to apologize to someone you loved? Did it work?

Or did you just say, “I’m sorry” and that was it? That’s enough?