About 12 years ago, I was in a long term, 8 year + relationship. I met a man who was in more or less the same situation, we fell for each other and started seeing each other, not on a regular basis at first, but it gradually increased. Neither couple was married, nor had any children.
However, we are all from the same, smallish town (although some parties have moved away), and even now I am married to someone else, have children, I still feel guilty about how I treated/ disregarded her and feel an inclination to apologise.
I was fairly young at the time (not even mid 20s) and although not using my age to excuse my behaviour I was probably very naive about the effects of my actions.
How would you feel if you received an email apology in these circumstances?