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🤝 Apology Emails

Apology Email for Missing an Important Event

Use this template when you have missed an important event such as a wedding, graduation, baby shower, retirement party, or other milestone celebration. This message conveys genuine regret, explains your absence respectfully, and reinforces your care for the person and the significance of their achievement.

Subject: I Am Truly Sorry I Could Not Be There Dear [Recipient's Name],
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How to customize this template quickly

  1. Replace each placeholder with your real details.
  2. Adjust one sentence for your exact timeline and context.
  3. Read once for tone, then send.

Key placeholders in this version

[Recipient's Name][specific event, e.g., your wedding ceremony, your graduation celebration, the baby shower, your retirement party][date][honest explanation, e.g., an unexpected family emergency that required my immediate presence, a sudden illness that prevented me from traveling, a work commitment that I was unable to reschedule despite my best efforts][mutual friend or family member's name][specific make-up plan, e.g., take you and your partner out for a celebratory dinner, visit you this coming weekend to give you your gift and hear all about the day, arrange a time to get together so you can share the full story and photos with me][friendship, family bond, relationship][Your Name]

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