How easy do you forgive friends

i have been messed with alot by "friends" but i am a very forgiving person. i even grant forgivness before it is even asked, i dont know, it must be the christian in me.

i hate sorry among friendship. if any such situation occurs we will fight a lot and at last we'll go together for a cup of coffee and enjoy ourselves....SMILES

Generally I forgive my friends but in different ways. If the mistake was a big one, I try to understand why and if I understand, I forgive. If the mistake was done on purpose, I no longer consider the person as my friend. It is interesting that even if I forgive very often, my friendship with that person will never be the same as before, especially when there are more than a few mistakes.

I don't know but for me, it's too easy for me to forgive my friends as long as they're sincere. One of my friends before way back in college, she had a relationship with my boyfriend and she said sorry. It's okay with me because friendship is important for me! BUT when she just heard a rumor that her boyfriend now was my ex when I was in high school then she was very mad at me... My goodness! What kind of friend is this?

Depends on the gravity of what they did. If it was just minor like lying in a small scale then I would forgive them really fast like a few hours or so. But the heavier the sin/lie, the longer it will take for me to fully forgive that person.

You cant forgive things that really hurted you. Maybe you mouth will, but in you mind there will stay a little thing which keeps you away from real forgivness. There always will be this little pain - i think in a friendship it's like counting bad points. If there are too much of them, everything will find an end.

It really depends on what they have done. I found out this year that a friend of mine lied about being sick to get money from me. I did not have any money so at least I did not lose that. It hurt a lot and I did not forgive them. In general though I would probably forgive a friend.

Hi juliusports, You know, forgiving someone who offended you is a great act of humility. Yes, I easily forgive a friend once he/she apologized but if the offense is grave, I can hardly forget the situation even if I have forgiven the person already. Perhaps I should kept my distance from him to avoid repetition of being hurt. But the right thing to do is to forgive and forget. Good luck. dencher315

Forgiveness does not change your past...but does enlarge your future...I forgive my friends even before they ask for forgiveness. we are human beings and tend to make mistakes.

I say to them, "Get down give me 20!" ...I forgive them.

Not really. I forgive them only when they show me, and when they are honest, and tell me the whole truth that i need to know, and they convince me that the apologies are sincere, only then i forgive them.

To forgive a friend who's hurt you is not so much about giving them something they don't deserve. It's more about setting yourself free from bondage. Forgiving is seldom easy, but if you're willing to give your pain to God and let Him work through the healing process, you can find victory. Based on my own experienced I easily forgive my friends, perhaps I have a humble spirit. I believe that if you hang on to you pride, you won't be able to forgive. Too often hurting people would rather nurse their wounds and "be right" than be healed.

it reall depends on what you resent them for, so if it's no big thing I'll forgive pretty quick, but I'll never forget that's for sure. If it's something really delicate like betraying you or something like that, it's a no easy way to forgive them for me.