I am not Yoruba, so i may be wrong, but i believe Pele means Sorry in English.
However, I find myself using Pele a lot more than I use Sorry, because Pele feels much more useful to me when consoling or encouraging people than Sorry ever could.
Pele holds space much better.
Half of the time, the “peace” a lot of men ask for when they talk about wanting a partner that brings peace is silence and acceptance when they misbehave or act disrespectfully.
Dude walked into her house, realized she was wealthier and more successful than he would ever be and immediately had to say the shittiest thing he possibly could to hurt her
I found something in my notes app called Things I Want To Text [redacted] and it’s just a long list of embarrassing post-breakup entries.
I cried while reading through, because;