I hope to share a few insights to help people who 'never get the apologies they feel and know are due'. First, 'it's not your fault that someone or more folks, groups, businesses, states or countries' do not have a form for you to fill out so they have a clue an apology might be due. There is no team to investigate for the greater good what wrongs may have been done not only to you but also 'yours' (think kids, property, possibly other family members as well, etc.)
One Big Clue here is that for many years Domestic Violence Education or Assessment of Services was Not Being Done in Rural