My H never did. He has said he is sorry for hurting me but I don't believe him otherwise he would not continue doing the same things.
I do think my H had a few guilt issues and he did see a C three times. Essentially the C validated his bad behavior and told him that if he just tells me I am sorry then his guilt will go away and the rest is on me. If I had not heard this with my own two ears I would not have believed it.
My H has said ONCE that he knows he treated me "poorly" but that was only when he wanted/needed something from me.
What he sees when he looks in the mirror? I don't know and I don't care. My H has always been masterful at surrounding himself with people that feed his ego, coddle him and validate everything he does so my guess is not much has changed.
Everything my H has apologized for was not backed up by actions. My H knew his attny was a dirt bag that was essentially terrorizing me and my H cried up and down and said he was sorry. But he kept with the same attny. So, no, he was not sorry.
Maybe one day he will deal with it all. Or maybe he has in his own way.
