will you still forgive a friend who always traitor you ?

Philippines
April 25, 2013 1:25am CST
I am unlucky to have friend.I treat her like a sister help her in everything to the best of my ability. but in exchange She traitor me.not once but twice . Should I still forgive her.I am very disappointing for what she did after all the kindness Ihave shown to her. she have no conscience to done bad things to me.Now would I stay with her ..or stil give her a chance.I totally lost my trust on her.she is very selfish.I don't want to judge her but that is what I described about what she have done.
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30 responses
• India
25 Apr 13
forgive her.I have more than twenty people who mistreated me I forgave all of them so you should also forgive her.love your friends as jesus who is ready to bear all the pains then when she will see your care she will repent what she did for you.love her too much by heart like a sweet friend and forgive her.bear pain with love like jesus.
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• Philippines
26 Apr 13
your such a good person thank you for your advice.They are lucky to have you as their friends.
• Philippines
25 Apr 13
Trust can not be ask, it is a thing that is heartily given by someone who put his respect to the person. You give so many chance to you friend, and she is doing the same mistake, where is the respect? She is taking you for granted because you forgive her and now she doing that thing again and again. It is very hard to earn trust from a person and our family sometimes we do so many things just to earn their trust. If you think that giving a chance again to your friend will make you happy, then why not give her another chance, but you know already the consequences of that. Better talk to you friend heart to heart ask her why she is doing this to you. As for me, i easily forgive the person who hurt me but i never forget what the person did to me. I only give my respect and trust to the person once, not twice. And if that person really want to have my trust again, then he/she must strive hard to gain it again.
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• Philippines
25 Apr 13
thanks for your good advice. yes that is true. trust is gain not given on second time. I give my trust She lost it and she need to gain it back.I don't trust her that is the truth.but when I am thinking of God's commandment to always forgive not only once but many times (when peter ask Jesus how many times shall a person forgive)for this is how God will measure to us.that is the only thing that gives me the reason to forgive her and not for own instinct. I pray that God will always give me the heart to do the right thing according to Him.
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@ajithlal (14716)
• India
26 Apr 13
When we does not forgive others it will be like carrying huge loads in our head and we will also become sad when we does not forgive and forget others things.
@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
25 Apr 13
I think that you have given her so much consideration. Betraying for the second time means a halt on your friendship. You don;t need a person like her in your life.
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@ryanong (9665)
• Vietnam
25 Apr 13
well, if i were in your shoes, i will leave her..she is not worth to be your friends. You should let her know how to respect your nice friendship..
• India
25 Apr 13
forgiveness is good, but not for the one who all time want to do mistake.. if we forgive all time means we let that one to do more mistake... I am the one that I can forgive for stranger only one time to three time after that I would keep them away, but if that is one of family members and I have force of living then, I could forgive 10-12 times, after that, he or she will be out of my feeling and I would never have any sense for that one... and not making any value for that one.. that is what I am..
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@ajithlal (14716)
• India
26 Apr 13
I also think it is good to forgive others and not to keep track of the sins others keep.
25 Apr 13
In my view forgive her dear , i know u have seen her selfishness not once but twice but still she is your friend. Dear if your forgive her and talk her in normal way she will soon realized your true friendship of yours , sometime people will forget the true and loyal friends, once she know your honesty she will be your true friend , give her some time ...don't loose her dear..
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• Philippines
26 Apr 13
THANK you for your wonderful word. I don't need to make her realize my true friendship as I have done already everything that is more than enough. She know it.that is the reason Why It really hurts and makes me angry that despite of all that she know how much I care and true to her.she didn't have conscience betraying me.
@ajithlal (14716)
• India
26 Apr 13
I always think it is good to forget others and we will be happy when we forgive others.
• Philippines
26 Apr 13
yes I agree the key to happiness is to forgive also .. but I don't think I can be happy being with her around.
@betlynfrnds (4069)
• United States
26 Apr 13
This sounds like a serious situation. You chose some very strong words: traitor, disappointing, she has no conscience, bad things, selfish, lost trust. I have had similar experiences with people over the years. What I have found is that I can forgive a person only if they are truly sorry and are sincerely trying hard not to repeat their mistakes. Otherwise, I write them off and go on with my life. Trust is a vital thing in any relationship, whether it's a friendship, marriage, family or something else. When there is no trust, or that bond of trust that once was is no longer there, there is no foundation to work with. If it were me, I would wish her well and send her on her way. Friends like that are not friends at all.
• Philippines
27 Apr 13
that is true is the most important thing . That is the reason why I am no longer happy to be with her .and cannot return back the same thing I have treated to her before. just like i said she did it to me many times. that only Words of God is my basis to forgive her. But Now i have given my supreme patience to her. and it's really over.
• United States
27 Apr 13
Well, you'll be O.K., just give it a little time. It's interesting that you mention the Words of God. I was thinking about this post after I made my response yesterday. God's Word, the Bible does speak of the importance of being patient and forgiving others. No doubt that is what we all must strive to do. However, it's not automatic. When individuals keep doing the same wrong things over and over again, patience eventually runs out. We're only human after all. How much can any of us continue to take? Even the Almighty Himself ran out of patience with His very own people, mind you. He eventually turned His people over to their enemies. Jehovah God said to them that they would call for Him but He would not hear them. So if our perfect Creator can run out of patience, how much more so can we?
@lelin1123 (15595)
• Puerto Rico
26 Apr 13
A friend who will betray you is not a friend. If you can't trust your so call friend she is not a true friend. I know it would only take me one time for someone to betray me and the friendship on my part would be gone for good. Friendship is suppose to be a person in your corner all the time there for you and never betraying you and visa versa. I would personally give up on this friendship especially its now twice that she betrayed you.
• Philippines
26 Apr 13
that is true, we can have friends anytime anywhere but to find the true one is rare. And you willy only identify your true friend in times of trouble.
@airasheila (5454)
• Philippines
25 Apr 13
good day fearlessgara, with reference to your post, well, i've been once on that situation where i was betrayed by a close friend. it is really painful since the least person that i expect doing it was the closest one to my heart. at first, i have forgiven her, but, she repeated it. the second one was worst rather than the first. still i decided to forgive her but i ended up our friendship. even i have forgiven her, i opt to end up our friendship as i don't want to feel much pain if she choose to repeat it again. plus, i have given her the chance but she didn't took care of it. instead, she had done it again doing a much worst scenario. and yes, i have forgiven her because i don't want to carry a painful baggage inside my heart. and with your situation, hope you find forgiveness for that friend inside your heart.
• Philippines
26 Apr 13
thank you for sharing your stories. And yes it is really painful to be betrayed by someone who are close to you and whom you wouldn't ever think that she will ever did that to you. and yes we can never leave happy if we do not forgive someone. I can talk to her if she will talk to me. but never I will make the first move or approach her. I wanted to be real.and that's what I feel now. I think her as a different person now.i AM NOT ready to put things back in normal again.
@Aja103654 (5646)
• Philippines
25 Apr 13
Look, if you don't trust her, then don't stay friends. What's the point of being friends if you can't trust her anymore. You may forgive her but then you'd have to stay away from her to prevent trouble. You should not feel guilty for judging her. it's her doing, it's her mistake that lead you to that conclusion. You have good reason to not trust her. it is also not good to expect so much from someone else. Even when we are kind to people, we should not expect they will do the same because it is always possible they will betray us. Do good things for the sake of doing good things, that's all. Do it because it is right and don't expect anything in return. Think this way and maybe your disappointments will lessen. My advise: Just stay away from her.
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@Mavic123456 (21893)
• Thailand
25 Apr 13
It all depends on you... how do you feel about her, can you face her still and save the friendship.. if NO then I guess you can't forgive her anymore. Me, no, I trust to the max... love to the max.. understand to the max... one disappointment I will be okay... but more than once.. uh oh... that's it, no turning back... forgive and forget the friend.
• Philippines
26 Apr 13
as of now I do not feel of forgiving her. it seems like trauma what she does. I really feel she is evil to me.
@yugocean (9963)
• India
25 Apr 13
Best advise to you is to stay away from traitors, she is not your friend but a traitor who is using your friendship. Either leave her completely, or be ready to get another disappointment.
• Philippines
26 Apr 13
presently I am making my way out of her. So I my day wouldn't be turn bad.
@Kathy1981 (157)
• United States
26 Apr 13
Trust is a very hard thing to earn back once it is lost. If you care about this person try to work it out and have a long talk with the person. I hope that the two of you can work everything out. it is hard to loss a good friend.
• Philippines
26 Apr 13
we always have long talk the problem is she don't have such good heart.
@derek_a (10874)
27 Apr 13
yes, I would have to be willing to forgive anybody who has betrayed me because blame and hatred would damage my health within and have little nor no effect on the friend who betrayed me. But that doesn't mean I would have to stay in contact with them. I would forgive and move on. _Derek
@devtina (371)
• India
25 Apr 13
When you like or love the person you automatically tend to forgive and would not expect anything......forgiving makes you more strong and be a better understanding person
• Philippines
26 Apr 13
thANK you.I really wish and pray that I will be having such quality now for I am luck of this. I still have this anger in my heart.and I am trying to remove this so I can have peace in mind and spirit.It's hard to move on in life when you carry such emotion in your life.
@gtdonna (1738)
26 Apr 13
In this life we will meet people who will seem to be our friends but all they really want is to use us for their own purpose. You need to forgive her so that you can forgive yourself and move on. The reason i say this is because, by forgiving her, you can let go of the anger and hurt you may be feeling towards her and can thus move on with your life.
@andy77e (5156)
• United States
26 Apr 13
Yes, you should forgive. However... many people do not understand the difference between 'forgiving' and 'being stupid'. The two are not the same. Forgiving means, giving up on your demand for justice. She should apologize! She should come and beg for forgiveness! She should fix everything! She should tell everyone the evil she has done! Forgiving means letting all of that go. It means not demanding she fix everything. If she stole money, it means not demanding it back. This is forgiveness. However, some people think that forgiveness means pretending nothing happened. That is not forgiveness... that's being stupid. If someone stole money from you, you don't allow them back in your house. You forgive, but you are also wise, and prevent that person form harming you again. You don't have to help her anymore. She ruined that. You don't have to treat her like a sister anymore, because she is not.
@Pegasus72 (1898)
27 Apr 13
Yes I do, it is just in me to keep forgiving. I do try to protect myself more with them, but for the most part I am very open to everyone I meet.
• Philippines
25 Apr 13
It always hurts when a friend betrays you and for a while, you might feel like you will never be able to forgive but when the heat of the moment passes, it will be possible to forgive. If i had a friend who keeps betraying me, i will probably forgive but i will learn a lesson for the experience and i will try not forget. The fact that she has already betrayed you twice and you have forgiven her should tell you this... You may be her friend but she's not your friend. You can never trust her.
• Philippines
26 Apr 13
that is true and that is very hard to gain back my trust on her that she lost.I can forgive but I can never forget what she did. Yes from that lesson I became more alert now. Things will never be the same again.