It’s helpful to expand the “thank you” into a “thank you for...” statement. This completes the conversion from mechanical submission to thoughtful and specific gratitude. From the examples above, the expansion would be “thanks for the correction” and “thanks for the support”.
If someone chooses to help you, you don’t need to apologize for needing that help.
Agreed that this always makes any kind of appreciation feel more meaningful to me. For that matter, I also think putting some detail or mechanistic thought into apologies is a good idea. If I’ve actually done something wrong then I think it’s worth the effort to show the other person I understand what it was and have some idea about how to not do it again. And if I haven’t done something wrong, then trying to express my reasoning should help me recognize that I’m apologizing for having needs / existing / “making” the other person help me.
It’s helpful to expand the “thank you” into a “thank you for...” statement. This completes the conversion from mechanical submission to thoughtful and specific gratitude. From the examples above, the expansion would be “thanks for the correction” and “thanks for the support”.
If someone chooses to help you, you don’t need to apologize for needing that help.
Agreed that this always makes any kind of appreciation feel more meaningful to me. For that matter, I also think putting some detail or mechanistic thought into apologies is a good idea. If I’ve actually done something wrong then I think it’s worth the effort to show the other person I understand what it was and have some idea about how to not do it again. And if I haven’t done something wrong, then trying to express my reasoning should help me recognize that I’m apologizing for having needs / existing / “making” the other person help me.