Trust is the most important thing in a relationship to me. If it is lost I don't believe I could ever get it back. So for me the answer to your question is NO.
handsonesamOPgreenford, Greater London, England UK444 posts
Big_John: Trust is the most important thing in a relationship to me. If it is lost I don't believe I could ever get it back. So for me the answer to your question is NO.
GOOD POINT SO WE NEED TO CHOOSE THE HONEST PARTENER
I could make myself sound so much more appealing than what I will ultimately appear to be, but my honest answer is NO. I don't forgive the betrayal. I am well over it and it is ancient history now, but I don't forgive him. Why should I? To relieve his guilt? To be the "better" person? No, this is not how I feel and I never will. I don't deal with him any differently than I would a woman friend or any other person who was a part of my life. Betrayal is betrayal. He is, as the expression goes, now "dead to me"...I have no idea where he is or what he is doing. I don't think of him, but when a question such as yours is raised, he is the one I think of...from more than 10 years ago. The fact is that I didn't deserve what he did, and I know this clearly, from my own thinking and from discusssions with good friends. No, I don't forgive him...not that it matters in any way, shape, or form. And I'm perfectly fine with that.
handsonesam: GOOD POINT SO WE NEED TO CHOOSE THE HONEST PARTENER
Having your partner know how important trust is to you is very important. I believe it helps to keep a person on the right path. Sometimes a person needs to know up front what can be lost.
Big_John: Trust is the most important thing in a relationship to me. If it is lost I don't believe I could ever get it back. So for me the answer to your question is NO.
I agree.
God supposedly forgives and forgets.
A man can forgive and forget until a woman brings up the past and then the memories of betrayal come flooding back.
A woman can try to forgive and forget, but she is incapable of either.
handsonesamOPgreenford, Greater London, England UK444 posts
Big_John: Having your partner know how important trust is to you is very important. I believe it helps to keep a person on the right path. Sometimes a person needs to know up front what can be lost.
I WAS ENGAGED TO A GIRL . THERE WAS TRUST BETWEEN US BUT SHE BETREYED ME AND TOOK EVERYTHING AND MARRIED TO HER LAWYER
Big_John: Having your partner know how important trust is to you is very important. I believe it helps to keep a person on the right path. Sometimes a person needs to know up front what can be lost.
I don't disagree with you John, at all.
Trust, fidelity is what I offer and what I expect in return.
But I cannot say that I will not ever forgive them, I may not be with them, but I may forgive them.
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