Apology gift ideas
An apology gift that works is flowers with a card in your own words, flowers and chocolate a wife can open tonight, or a vase for a mother's majlis, arriving today, not in a week. What will win them back? Let them pick one of 2 to 8 gifts on Haddiyah, delivered in Riyadh and Jeddah once chosen. A gift does not fix the mistake; the words do. But it opens the door so the words get through. These apology gifts run from the simplest to the biggest, with a section on what to write on the card.
How does it work?
- Choose the gift: a bouquet, a vase or flowers with chocolate, and write an apology in your own words on the card.
- Enter the recipient's name and mobile only, and pay. You do not need their address.
- They get a WhatsApp link showing the gift and your message, and set their place and time.
- If they set the location before 4 pm, the gift arrives in the evening slot of the same day.
Flowers with a card in your words
The first apology gift is a bouquet, and the card does the work. Choose the flowers you know they love, or white if you do not know, and write the card yourself. See apology flowers; all of it arrives the same day when the recipient sets the location before 4 pm.
What to write on the apology card
The card is three short sentences, each with a job. The first names what happened in a word, no details: 'I know I let you down yesterday.' The second is the apology itself, with no 'but' and no excuse: 'I am sorry.' The third is what you will do next: 'Tonight I cook' or 'We talk when you are home.' The message is shown to the recipient with the gift in the link, before it arrives.
What not to write: 'Sorry if I upset you', because it moves the fault onto them. And 'You know that I…', because it is an excuse. What always goes on it: your name.
For a wife: flowers and chocolate opened tonight
If the apology is to your wife, make the gift something opened between you tonight: flowers with chocolate, the flowers for her and the chocolate for the evening you make up. It reaches home or work, whichever she sets. See apology gifts for wives.
For a friend: something light, with a joke
Between friends the apology is lighter: a small cake, a box of chocolate or a simple bouquet, with a card that holds something of yours to break the mood, a nickname or an old joke. See apology gifts for a friend; it reaches work or university if that is what she sets.
For a mother: a vase that sits in her majlis
An apology to a mother needs presence more than words. A vase of flowers arrives arranged and sits in her majlis for days, with a one-line card: 'I am sorry, Mum, and I love you.' See apology gifts for mothers; it reaches her in Riyadh and Jeddah without asking for her address.
Before you send
- Apologise on the card in your own words; two lines are enough: what happened, and that you are sorry. Ready phrases read as ready phrases.
- Send it in your name, not as 'someone who loves you'. In an apology the name is half the gift.
- Do not inflate the gift to cover the mistake. A simple bouquet with honest words beats a large arrangement with none.
- Order in the morning so they set the location before 4 pm and it arrives today. An apology that arrives tomorrow is a late apology.
Frequently asked questions
What should I give my wife to apologise?
A bouquet of the flowers she loves with a card in your handwriting, delivered today, or flowers with chocolate if you want the gift opened between you tonight. See apology gifts for wives.
What do I write on an apology card?
Three sentences: what happened in a word, that you are sorry without a 'but', and what you will do next. For example: 'I know I let you down yesterday. I am sorry. Tonight I cook.' The message is shown to the recipient with the gift.
Can an apology gift arrive the same day?
That is the point of it. One gift, the location set before 4 pm, and it is delivered in the evening slot of the same day. Some gifts need longer to prepare. The time is on each gift page.
Does an apology gift work for a friend or my mother?
Yes, and the kind changes: for a friend, cake or chocolate with a card that holds something between you; for your mother, a vase of flowers that sits in her majlis. See apology gifts for a friend and for mothers.
See also anniversary gift ideas, flower colour meanings and last-minute gifts: what arrives today?.
Ready to gift?
Ordering takes two minutes, and the recipient sets the place and the delivery time.
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