Can you forgive and forget.?

@trinee (514)
Trinidad And Tobago
June 2, 2009 2:20pm CST
Saw someone at the mall today who I used to be close with but cut him off after he hurt me. As he walked towards me, he stopped to talk. I politely smiled back but kept the conversation very short and merely answered his questions. I could tell that he was a little uncomfortable, perhaps still feeling my hurt from what he did. As I walked away, I started to think that perhaps it was time to forgive and let that situation stay in the past because holding hurt inside affects no one but me.
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• United States
2 Jun 09
I can feel how you are feeling because right now i feel like that. After me and the ex broke up it was really bad and it has only been three weeks and friday night i saw him out with the girl he was cheating on me with and that hurt really bad it you keep that hurt on you for a while i thin until you find someone who you can have in your life and make things better and its hard for me not to compare a new guy to him but i know when i meet someone i will do that as he treated me really good most of the times and now i have to find someone who is better and will even treat me better then he did. I know how you feel and it does hurt a lot and you keep that with you for so long as you donlt want to sometimes forget about your past but sometimes you just need to let it go.
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@trinee (514)
• Trinidad And Tobago
4 Jun 09
Lologirl that would hurt especially seeing him with the girl he cheated on you with. I am sorry you had to go through that and I hope that your heart will heal and that you will be able to put this whole situation in perspective and move on with your life. Sometimes we really need to assess situations, break it down, be truthful with ourselves about what happen, understand that it did not just happen but could have been something that was brewing for a while now. Girl, sometimes it really hurts but to save ourselves from continous heartache we must find a way to move on. Take your time and be okay with yourself first. Good Luck to you and find your happiness again.
• Philippines
4 Jun 09
I think it is more difficult to forget than to forgive. Supposed to be they go along but sometimes that's just not the case. In my experience, when someone hurts me a lot its easy for me to forgive especially when she/he ask for an apology sincerely but what happens is that sometimes although I have already forgiven I unintentionally remember the hurt that person gave me. Maybe just maybe, I can forgive the person but I can't forget what happened. There are also times that I just forgive and forget. And maybe that's because the pain is healed. Ones someone has hurt you and you still can't accept or still remembers the pain the person caused you tendency is the forgiveness that you gave is just slight. You haven't actually forgiven the person. But ones you are already healed I think that is the time you can really tell that you already have forgiven the person. It is the time when you can't even recall what the person did to you. I think that's it.
• Philippines
5 Jun 09
Good point there. I think that is also true. Thanks!
@trinee (514)
• Trinidad And Tobago
5 Jun 09
You are welcome my dear and have a great day.
@trinee (514)
• Trinidad And Tobago
4 Jun 09
You said snugglepuff. A lot of the times we have not really healed from the hurt but try to forgive so we end up not forgetting. depending on how deep it hurts, it would take time to heal and sometimes we have to forgive ourselves too depending on what the situation is. Sometimes people hurt us but we see it as our fault in part and hold on to that hurt. When we are hurt, we have to deal with our feelings as well as the hurt the person caused us. It is a process but I think a big part of it is us asking ourselves why are we so bothered and then deal with that.
@glesil_00 (1142)
• Philippines
2 Jun 09
It is easy for me to forgive afte someone hurt me or have done wrong to me. It is hard for me to forget any hurt or bad thing done to me. I do not know why i keep on thinking of what happen, though i forgive already. I do not feel anything negative to the person but i can not forget what has been done.
@trinee (514)
• Trinidad And Tobago
4 Jun 09
Well I can understand that. Even though we forgive someone or we are going through the process of forgiving, we don't forget. It is in our mind and will be there for the rest of our lives. We are just learning how to deal with it and not let it affect us or our relationships.
@mnk202 (338)
• United States
2 Jun 09
I have to say holding hurt inside you can only create more pain. Unfortunately it happens to just about everyone if not everyone. No one likes it and I used to be one that held on to the hurt and grudges but now I have kind of cooled down from that alittle and realized it only hurts me more then anyone else so for the most part with two people if I see them I am not close but I say hi have alittle conversation and when I walk away I dont feel so bad it makes me feel like a better person in some ways I just hold my head up high and keep going.
@trinee (514)
• Trinidad And Tobago
4 Jun 09
Yup, the hurt affects you more than anyone else. Hurt consumes us because we spend some much time dealing with it that sometimes we cannot do anything else or allow anyone else into our lives. It is a process and for some it takes longer than other because they never learned how to deal with situations like that or revenge is driving them but at the end of the day it eats you like a cancer. Be the stronger person and say if even to yourself "I forgive you" and move on litte by little. No need to rush.