Forgiveness

If you have a family member or friend and they stole from you. What would you do? Could you forgive that person? Would you forgive that person? What if you did forgive a friend or a family member and they stole again from you? What would you do then?

If you are in a relationship and the other person cheated on you. Could you forgive that person that you love, or would you end the relationship regardless. One strike, your out.

How many times is it worth forgiving a person who just keeps taking advantage of you and keeps hurting you, yet you may love and care about that person? People do deserve a second chance yes, however, there are limits.

I am the most forgiving person in the whole world, my brother has stolen offf me more than once and is back in prison, he has treated the whole family like crap, and im still writing to him in prison!

every relationship i've had i've always been hurt by the significant other and have been cheated on aswell. I've always forgiven them, but now i am on my own

I think it's good to forgive people it's upto that person weather they let you down or not, but i am very loyal to the people i love, yet if it gets to the point where i can't give anymore then i tend to not talk to that person again so save the hurt, but it takes a lot for me to do that lol xxx

Night-Reaper wrote:If you have a family member or friend and they stole from you. What would you do? Could you forgive that person? Would you forgive that person? What if you did forgive a friend or a family member and they stole again from you? What would you do then?

I forgive anyone who ask me for forgiveness no matter what the infraction. That does not mean that I would necessarily trust them again or invite them to my home again, without very careful attention to their every move. If it were a family member such as my children, well, frankly, I don't know how to answer you because everything we own belongs to each other. I suppose if one of the children took something out of my jewelry box I'd be crushed, but I would ask myself and him/her:"What's the matter here? Drugs? What?"....and get them help pronto, as any loving parent would/should do. I would look past the act and act on the root of the problem.

If you are in a relationship and the other person cheated on you. Could you forgive that person that you love, or would you end the relationship regardless. One strike, your out.

When I was single, been there...and yes, I forgave them. The second time, I forgave them but there was zero chance of it happening a third time because I cut my losses and got out of the relationship.
As a married person, if that were to happen, it would be worth it to me to do all I could to save the marriage and would hope that my husband would seek joint counseling. If he wouldn't and kept on cheating, well...I guess he would have really made the decision that the marriage is over and, in that case, I would have to respect his lack of respect for me and our vows.

How many times is it worth forgiving a person who just keeps taking advantage of you and keeps hurting you, yet you may love and care about that person? People do deserve a second chance yes, however, there are limits.

To me, it is right to always forgive. How many times before I would distance myself from this person would depend on their relationship to me.

well said HP xxx

xshivx wrote:well said HP xxx

Ty, xs! ...except I edited it just a tad!

HotParadox wrote:

Night-Reaper wrote:If you have a family member or friend and they stole from you. What would you do? Could you forgive that person? Would you forgive that person? What if you did forgive a friend or a family member and they stole again from you? What would you do then?

I forgive anyone who ask me for forgiveness no matter what the infraction. That does not mean that I would necessarily trust them again or invite them to my home again, without very careful attention to their every move. If it were a family member such as my children, well, frankly, I don't know how to answer you because everything we own belongs to each other. I suppose if one of the children took something out of my jewelry box I'd be crushed, but I would ask myself and him/her:"What's the matter here? Drugs? What?"....and get them help pronto, as any loving parent would/should do. I would look past the act and act on the root of the problem.

If you are in a relationship and the other person cheated on you. Could you forgive that person that you love, or would you end the relationship regardless. One strike, your out.

When I was single, been there...and yes, I forgave them. The second time, I forgave them but there was zero chance of it happening a third time because I cut my losses and got out of the relationship.
As a married person, if that were to happen, it would be worth it to me to do all I could to save the marriage and would hope that my husband would seek joint counseling. If he wouldn't and kept on cheating, well...I guess he would have really made the decision that the marriage is over and, in that case, I would have to respect his lack of respect for me and our vows.

How many times is it worth forgiving a person who just keeps taking advantage of you and keeps hurting you, yet you may love and care about that person? People do deserve a second chance yes, however, there are limits.

To me, it is right to always forgive. How many times before I would distance myself from this person would depend on their relationship to me.

Hey HP, I argee with Xshivx, Well said.

Night-Reaper wrote:

HotParadox wrote:

Night-Reaper wrote:If you have a family member or friend and they stole from you. What would you do? Could you forgive that person? Would you forgive that person? What if you did forgive a friend or a family member and they stole again from you? What would you do then?

I forgive anyone who ask me for forgiveness no matter what the infraction. That does not mean that I would necessarily trust them again or invite them to my home again, without very careful attention to their every move. If it were a family member such as my children, well, frankly, I don't know how to answer you because everything we own belongs to each other. I suppose if one of the children took something out of my jewelry box I'd be crushed, but I would ask myself and him/her:"What's the matter here? Drugs? What?"....and get them help pronto, as any loving parent would/should do. I would look past the act and act on the root of the problem.

If you are in a relationship and the other person cheated on you. Could you forgive that person that you love, or would you end the relationship regardless. One strike, your out.

When I was single, been there...and yes, I forgave them. The second time, I forgave them but there was zero chance of it happening a third time because I cut my losses and got out of the relationship.
As a married person, if that were to happen, it would be worth it to me to do all I could to save the marriage and would hope that my husband would seek joint counseling. If he wouldn't and kept on cheating, well...I guess he would have really made the decision that the marriage is over and, in that case, I would have to respect his lack of respect for me and our vows.

How many times is it worth forgiving a person who just keeps taking advantage of you and keeps hurting you, yet you may love and care about that person? People do deserve a second chance yes, however, there are limits.

To me, it is right to always forgive. How many times before I would distance myself from this person would depend on their relationship to me.

Hey HP, I argee with Xshivx, Well said.

Basically I really do think that you said it fo all of us.

My rule.

first time forgotten
second time forgiven
third time hit the road jack

I think HP said it well. Personally I forgave the cheater, but I never could trust them again. There's no acceptable excuse for cheating.