
Originally Posted by
Atomini
Ok guys, i've come to this point where I need to forgive someone for something really horrible they did to me. There is never a need to forgive, its an option, so valid as not forgive. Problem is, i've always had trouble with forgiving people. This one person at a certain time I found very easy to forgive, which was rare considering I have problems with forgiveness, until this person did something really horrible to me. No mercy then. This person is a recent ex (yes, that dreaded word).
I actually feel hate for this person and I haven't forgiven her for what she did. That's not right. Not true. Hate is part of life, just as any other feeling. Accept it as you accept love, frustration, guilt, joy... Truth be told, now that i'm confronted with having to forgive someone for something considerably very horrible that they did, I dont even know what forgiveness even is. Its accepting what she did, analysing why she did and re-build trust. I look back at the past at things others have done to me that I forgave and it was really nothing to 'forgive' them. This is different. I want to forgive her but I can't, there's too much hate there. Dude. There is no point in forcing you to forgive if you don't want. Having hate is not wrong, don't buy all that BS the happy hippies and judeocristian religions sell. Every action has a consecuance. She should know it, she's an adult. If she can't deal with that, tough. Its her fault not yours. . It's like i'm fighting with myself.
I cut her out of my life when she pulled what she did. Good. Move on. Then only a couple weeks ago she attempted to contact me again (on MSN) and it didn't go down so well. She said she's sorry but I refused her apology and I threw it back in her face Not wrong. you were justifiedly offended. She also told me that it hurts her to know that I still cant forgive her Playing the victim role is pathetic and manipulative.... and you know what's fvcked? I felt pleased when I heard that. Logically, no one likes hearing victimizations from and ofender when he has been offended. I felt pleased that she felt hurt. Isn't that wrong? NO I feel like a monster. DONT. Anyways, the conversation ended with her blocking and deleting me. So mature...But I don't care about that, because I don't want to talk to her ever again anyhow (then again maybe that's a result of myself not being able to forgive her).
No. ist the result of her being unable no understand that she did a horrible thing and horrible thinks just don't get fixed by saying "im sorry". Cause-conscuence.
It's not so much that I have to forgive her. It's that I want to but I can't, and now that i'm trying, I realize I don't even know what it's like to forgive someone... I don't even know what forgiveness is. Nobody deserves to be punished forever (why? It happens all the time. Its called, life time jail, banned form a forum, etc etc punishment/retaliation is part of life to. its part of growing up.), and certainly not her. I don't feel content with holding a grudge forever and punishing someone forever. those are some conflicting ideas of the progressist society together with judeocristian ideas. Never worked. Learn from the wise, from the oldes.
Has anyone here dealt with something like this before? What does one do? I'm not fighting her here, i'm fighting myself.