Are you the type of person who forgive and forget when someone did u wrong?

@1qazxsw2 (512)
Singapore
July 29, 2007 4:35am CST
I tend to forgive very easily if someone did me wrong... but I won't forget the incident very easily even if he is my best friend or even my partner..It's not bcos I want revenge later on..just that it's "once bitten twice shy" kind of thing so that I will be on guard later on.. This is the same at work...my boss can forgive me for doing something wrong but he won't forget the wrong doings at the end of the year when it's time for appraisals..LOL.
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@liyan97 (2127)
• Northern Mariana Islands
29 Jul 07
I am like you, I can easily forgive but then I can't forget. I have tried so many times to work things out with someone wheo has done me wrong and although I have said that I have forgiven him, in the back of my mind the incident is still fresh as if it just happened minutes ago, when in reality a year has already passed....lol.. I will always forgive because the lord himself is forgiving but I really doubt that I would ever be able to forget.
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@funnysis (2619)
• United States
29 Jul 07
try to think as forgetting as a learning experence and then maybe it will change I understand oh so well about the strength it takes to forget I have been through so much and learned to use it as a life tool,so it will not repeat itself.Take care my friend.
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@djmarion (4898)
• Philippines
29 Jul 07
i easily forgive people who do me wrong as long as they are sincere enough in asking for apology.
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@funnysis (2619)
• United States
29 Jul 07
I can easily forgive but you never totaly forget it stays in your mind as a caution to watch out so it doesn't happen again but holding grudges is childish things happen and you should learn from it and move on if you spent ten minutes being mad you lost them ten minutes that you could do something else in every day is going to be a challenge embrace it and move on through it enjoying it because life is entirely to short to not forgive and forget if you can.Take care my friend.
@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
29 Jul 07
It depends on what type of wrong it is. I forgive small things easily, and I consider most things "small". In fact, there are very few things that I cannot easily forgive. However, there are some people and some harms that have come to me that I say I will never fully be able to forgive. In those cases I will say "I am in the process of forgiveness" because I am trying, but I do not truly believe I will finish that process within my lifetime.
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@Madona1 (2096)
• Gibraltar
30 Jul 07
I will forgive someone did me wrong, but I will not forget it easily as it depends on it was a big or small issue. If it were a small issue, I would forget it. But if it were a big issue, I would not let that person to do it again to repeat the same mistake. LOL
@Madona1 (2096)
• Gibraltar
30 Jul 07
Sorry, I hit the button twice...
@Madona1 (2096)
• Gibraltar
30 Jul 07
I will forgive someone did me wrong, but I will not forget it easily as it depends on it was a big or small issue. If it were a small issue, I would forget it. But if it were a big issue, I would not let that person to do it again to repeat the same mistake. LOL
@neon2000 (2756)
• Philippines
30 Jul 07
It depends on how grave the wrong he or she did to me. I can forgive but I don't think I can easily forget if it is really a big deal for me to just easily forget it.
@mikeyaxe (722)
• India
30 Jul 07
wellll i guess thats my biggest weakness i cant be angry with anyone for ever. i tend to ease a litte bit on anybody specially my gf...wellll but i can assure u that due to my forgiving nature there is not much trouble with anyone
@cefaz_21 (2596)
• Philippines
30 Jul 07
I forgive easily too and as much as possible try to forget the incident,but it always depends,like if you don't want that perosn commiting another the same mistake, it would be better to be reminded once in a while. funny, we have the same boos, he forgives me too so quick,yet do not forget all my faults..hehe!
@lyndee22 (1210)
• Philippines
30 Jul 07
I am a forgiving person but to forget the act is hard to do specially if it hurts me deeply. Personal grudges is very different from work. In work there is the so called code of discipline, these are rules, regulations and guidelines to be followed. If one has committed an act stated in the book there is always a corresponding punishment or reward and it is even reflected in appraisal period whether you will receive a merit or demerit score.
@cosylvia (399)
• China
30 Jul 07
if only one time or two times he did wrong for me,so i can forget maybe,or he did wrong thing frequently,i will not believe him,.
• Philippines
30 Jul 07
i am the type of person who never forgets a single thing that was done to me..sometimes i can forgive but cannot assure that i wont go back on it..sure when something wrong happens and was related to it, i cant help but turns back..there are couple of times that it was the same thing that had brought up arguments when my bf and i had once fought because i always bring up the same issue..well as far as i know, if he wasn't doing it and would avoid from doing it..maybe there could be a better chance i can forget about it.
• Malaysia
30 Jul 07
I the type of will remember all the bad things no matter how long its been happened. Like i still remember when is the 1st time my dad slapped me.haha. well, i also can forgive someone is they saying sorry to me 1st. else, i wont talk or even look at them. or maybe they start to talk to me 1st, then maybe my anger will decrease. All of this depend on how bad they had done to me. although i forgive them, but in my mind, i still wont forget wat they had done, no matter how long is that.
@rai_atk (27)
• Malaysia
30 Jul 07
RESTORING THE ATTITUDE OF LOVE To love another is to see that preson as full of worth and precious regardless of any wrongdoing. This is not forgiveness, although most writers and pastors call it such. It is not the prerequisite step.forgiving cannot begin until love has been re-extended to tht offender. love is possible when we see the other's value once more, recongnize his presiousness, and choose to understanding, even of what is beyond understood. RELASING THE PAINFUL PAST TO accept another is to meet him or her now, as the person she really is. To hold the past between us as if it could be undone or to demand that what was done must be redone is fantasy, not reality.to come to terms with reality is to accept the past.Obviously,what has happened has happened, but emotionally it is still taking place. in anger we struggle with the illusion that we can turn time backwards and run it all through again, that we can make the other undo what he or she did. i am not my past, i am a person capable of repenting ,changing, and turning away from past patterns of behaviour. you are not your past; you are equally free to change if you accept the freedom that is within you. to affirm that freedom is the first step of forgiveness. RECONSTRUCTING THE RELATIONSHIP this is the real work of forgiveness.to review the pain of offense within each of us and between the both of us is not easy, but it is the way to healing. as we work through our anger and pain in reciprocal trusting and risking, at last we come to recognize the genuiness of each other's intentions. our repentance needs to be authentic, honest and as complete as possible at the moment.That is the centrall work of forgiveness. "if your brother wrong you, reprove him; and if he repents, forgive him.Even if the wrongs you seven times in a day and comes back to you seven times saying,'I am sorry' you are to forgive him. RESPONDING THE FUTURE this is the consequence of transforming the momory from a wound that will not heal to a wound that has a healing power within the soul. the relationship may return to a civil participation in community with mutual respect, or to a new level of friendship resulting from the depth of encounter that has taken place;or it may mean a to or the beginning of profound trust and willingness to risk. in each case,the future is reopened to whatever level of relating is appropriate to the two participants.
@lingli_78 (12822)
• Australia
30 Jul 07
well, i can't say that i can easily forgive people because i usually hold grudges against the person for a long long time before i can forget the incident... well, may be yes... i can forgive easily like you... but i won't be able to forget the incident that easily and the scar will definitely stay inside my heart for a long long time...
@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
30 Jul 07
I believe that once you forgive, you need to forget. You don't suffer memory loss, you just choose not to dwell on it and never bring it up again.
@sid556 (30959)
• United States
30 Jul 07
Yes, I do forgive very easily...I hate the space between me and someone I really care about. Forget? no..i put it in the back of my mind somewhere. If there is a 2nd offence the first offense is quickly brought to the forefront. I wish I could forget.
@BlueAngelRS (2899)
• Canada
29 Jul 07
I'm much like you are as well I can forgive but I will not forget and am more on guard for if it happens again..I believe in giving chances but it takes along to build the relationship back even if that is a possible thing to occur...Also I'm the type of person that hearing I'm sorry is nice but when that is all just the words and the actions contradict I'm not so quick to accept the apology
• China
30 Jul 07
of course i will forgive and forget this unhappy things
• India
30 Jul 07
to err is human, forgive divine is an age old adage. It is easier to preach than practise. But undeniably it is a great virtue that makes a human divine. Psychologically it disarms hatred and ill will from our hearts.