To forgive or forget?

Hyderabad, India
August 27, 2016 4:40am CST
There is not a single relationship in this world where mistakes have not occurred.Such small mistakes can even lead to large complications in the entire family surrounding them and hence should be avoided. But what if misunderstandings occur and break or strain the relationship? Should we forgive and move ahead or should we try to forget such people in our lives by distancing ourselves from them..
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@skysnap (20154)
27 Aug 16
Sometimes forgive, sometimes forget. Sometimes you have to do both.
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• India
27 Aug 16
Exactly. It depends on the conditions
@victor32 (74)
• Hyderabad, India
28 Aug 16
Its better to forgive everyone at some point might have commited mistakes....every human on this earth has weak points.
@lealuvy2j (1986)
• Philippines
27 Aug 16
It would depend on the situation. But for me, forgiving is always better because when you forgive, the pent up resentment and anger would lessen a little bit and would not boil over which is always a good thing. However, sometimes forgiving is easier than to forget because of the trust issues that comes after when you forgive someone. Trust issues makes it harder to forget what happened.
@miniam (9154)
• Bern, Switzerland
27 Aug 16
This is difficult to answer as every case is different.There are things that happened in my family that l do forgive but do not forget, i just move on and cut these people out of my life, there is no point surrounding myself with people who only hurt me even if they are famiyl
• India
27 Aug 16
I think we should forgive people if possible but if someone has hurted a lot and it is not possible for you to forgive him/her than forget the people.
• Daman, India
27 Aug 16
forgiveness and forgetting both things are based on how much you love your partner and your self..... if you love equally to your partner as you love yourself then you might forgive him/her and then forget her/him if you love him/her more then your self then your soul and your heart force you to forgive her/him and don't move but walk with him/her.... and if you love yourself the most then your ego your self-respect provoke you to forget your partner and leave him/her.... so my question is whom you love the most??
• Williamsburg, Virginia
27 Aug 16
Well it depends on the mistake and if the person who made the mistake accepts what they did and knows it was wrong.
@Alosri (80)
• Hyderabad, India
27 Aug 16
What i understand from my past experience is, there is no one in this world who has not done any mistake. I do forgive them for the mistake they have done,if they deserve me I ll continue the relationship or else I ll forget and I ll move on.. It's depends on the person and the mistake which decides whether to forgive or forget.