Do you forgive and forget?

Philippines
March 1, 2012 12:02pm CST
Is it easy for a person who was hurt to forgive everything and forget to start anew. I for one value trust very much and once it is broken i can forgive but dont expect me to forget everything. I think it would be hard for me to build that level of trust once it has been broken. What do you think?
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@soulist (2985)
• United States
5 Mar 12
I am able to forgive and forget. That is an important part of any relationship whether it be romantic or friendship. If you cannot forgive someone then it would be hard to be around them. I think it is important to forgive and forget, you cannot let things get to you and if you don't I have learned that it begins to fester and rules the friendship.
• Philippines
6 Mar 12
Bless your heart. I find it difficult to forget easily , it may take some time for me. Forgiving is easy but forgetting is not.
@misspipsi (237)
• Bulgaria
19 Apr 12
It's not hard to say 'I forgive you.' The hard thing is to actually forgive somebody.This means to let go of the pain from being betrayed.To forget is something even harder.I,for one,never say 'I forgive you' instead I prefer to say the truth 'I want us to heave a healthy,normal relationship again but don't think that the fact that you hurt me is OK'. Just my two cents.
@Hazelrose (2179)
• Philippines
2 Mar 12
Yes I do, Ive always tried my best to forgive some one who hurts me.To forget is not easy but what is important is I,ve learned to understand the situation.We are only human being and definitely not perfect.Although it is painful at first but later on it will be fine.To forgive and forget is God's will.
@didi13 (2926)
• Romania
14 Apr 12
Forgiveness can occur, forgetting, however, for individual self-preservation, is ideal to never appear. A lesson is a lesson, and when that is forgotten, the experience can be repeated as if it existed. So I never understood why in the forgiveness, even if not oblivion is here, is supposed to turn the other cheek. The other cheek not seen for a while, fingerprints left by a figurative spanking that, somehow or other, we have to endure. There are people who forgive, to forgive the unconscious. People who do not understand that turning the other cheek means, automatically, a further blow. Perhaps some are too indoctrinated, their characters too weak, or nonexistent proud, simply feeble minds can not understand that struck the arm should not be allowed to make one time. Forgiveness should not be excluded where they would find a place, where would have coverage. But as the divine forgiveness is the arm that hit to be crushed to dust.
2 Mar 12
forgiving is easy for me, because to forgive someone is peace of mind for myself, however it depends on what i am forgiving a person for, if they do em wrong it never happens again because i remove these people out of my life,
• China
2 Mar 12
i can easy to forgotten who hurt me,they could be me happy.because treasure all people around me.sometime maybe i can forget who hurt me 'cause him do something to me let me cann't forget him
@aerous (13434)
• Philippines
1 Mar 12
As of these days, that I still feel the pain that created by my partner. I don't know if I forgive her and forget everything that she gives me. She ruined my entire life and still continue destroying my life by posting comments in facebook that is not suitable... It's really hard to experience this kind of trouble. Because the one we love the most was betrayed us and never tried to fix the problem but destroying the trust and love...
@shylade (3132)
• Philippines
2 Mar 12
it is not really easy to just forgive and forget because like you said i value trust and once it is broken, it very difficult to fix it. but in due time, i will learn to forgive a person who have wronged me but i always remember what i have learned from it. its not healthy to always dwell with the past because you will always end up nagging about it. if you said i forgive you, you must forgive a person and give him a second chance but if don't mean it then don't. always find the sincerity in asking for forgiveness because it should be just said, it should be done.
@katie0 (5203)
• Japan
2 Mar 12
I've been forgiving for a short time now, when I realized I was carring a weight I don't need anymore. It's like to carry a bag full of steal, it's really heavy. But I'm not the kind of person that naturally does that or that it's easy for me. It's really hard, probably because it's the begining.
@keihimekawa (2009)
• Philippines
2 Mar 12
I can definitely forgive but that doesn't mean I can forget that easily. Forgetting something would also mean that you would also forget the lesson learned from that experience. Besides, it's not that easy to forget something especially if it had a great impact in your life :)
@WakeUpKitty (8694)
• Netherlands
1 Mar 12
You can forgive.. in time.. but forget will be hard. Also I don't think it's necessary to forget. There is a reason why we remember the "bad things" why we can't forget. The reason is because we should remember, because it's a lesson to how improve our life, our own happiness. so use this experience, it will make you stronger, wiser and in the end even more happy.
• India
2 Mar 12
As normal human beings, most of us are not able to tolerate the feeling of getting hurt. It's obviously divine to forgive as to err is humane. As far as I'm concerned, the question of forgiving and forgetting is dealt on the basis of the history I have on the individual who has hurt me. If it's unintentional or for the sake of joke, it's OK- I don't mind. But, if it's an intentional and premeditated one, I can hardly forgive and forget even though it's for the first time. In addition, I'll keep it in memory as an alert on all his/her future approches with me. However, keeping a revengeful mind is not my choice.
• China
2 Mar 12
if someone hurts me and he/she feels sorry about it,I will try my best to forgive him/her.whereas if he/she doesn't care about it,I won't forgive him/her.But I will never forget what I have learnt from it.
• Hong Kong
2 Mar 12
yes,if i forgive i forget everything,because if you will not forget everything then the pain and hurts still in you.
@acey76 (1276)
• Philippines
1 Mar 12
I can easily forgive a person who have hurt me but i never forget the lesson i have learned from it.
• Canada
1 Mar 12
It depends on the situation. I have learned to talk things out and resolve issues. If there is a issue and the other party will not discuss it to resolve it then I re-evaluate the friendship/relationship. I have learned how to do this and it works 99.9% of the time. You will get some people in your life who keeps score and makes sure it's never forgotten. I do not have that kind of time on my hands. I resolve it or move on. I do forget in time, again it depends on the relationship/friendship. If it's worth it then it's worth getting over and not dwelling on it. After all we are all human.
@WajeehBJ (135)
• United States
1 Mar 12
I think most of the people are kind of same in this regard. If they get hurt, they do forgive if the other person asks for absolution. It's kind of difficult to forget though. However, if the one who hurt you is really very close to you and he actually felt sorry for what he/she does, then mostly I do forget as well. However, I can't forgive and I can't forget the next time. We all are normal human beings and so we do make mistakes. So everyone according to me deserves at least one chance. However, if he repeats the mistake yet another time, it shows he does not even care for how you feel.