I have, however, apologised to them. In one case a TBM "friend" emailed me trying to get me back. In my reply I APOLOGISED to him for excommunicating him and the 5+ years it took him to be re-baptised, and the years after to get a restoration of his temple blessings.
I said that what happened should have remained private with no need to involve 15 men and the countless others that got to know about it. I sincerely apologised to him.
He has never contacted me again. Never had anyone apologise to me.
Sorry I misread your post. I took it had a TBM friend ever apologised, not now exmo.
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No, but sometimes I want to track down all the people I baptized on my mission and apologize to them! I did actually apologize once to someone who turned it down when I sent the missionaries (years later). What do you think, people, is that a good idea or just an unnecessary can of worms?
+alyssum: "No, but sometimes I want to track down all the people I baptized on my mission and apologize to them! I did actually apologize once to someone who turned it down when I sent the missionaries (years later). What do you think, people, is that a good idea or just an unnecessary can of worms?"
==I think it is a good idea to track down those people and apologize, explain to them in clear language your reasons for leaving, the problems with mormon theology, the story of Jo Smith.
No. Like Alyssum above I've apologized to folks that were in the mission I went to. I was at a convention in San Francisco and found myself in a conversation in french. He asked how I spoke the language and I mentioned that I lived in his country for a few years. He asked doing what, I hesitted and said I was a mormon missionary. He made a comment about all the door knocking and the irritation the JW's and Mormons caused. I said that was me back in the 90's, and offered my sincerest apologies for harassing his culture and apologized for all those that will harass in the future. They know not what they do.
Two of my TBM nephews contacted me (separately) and apologized to me for how they had treated me after I had left the church. Each one has since also left.
I was a nevermo and he an RM. We married in NY at my insistence and none of his UT TBM family came because they decided to wait for our temple wedding (eyeroll) which never happened.