Personally I think forgiveness is a wonderful thing.
But it doesn't mean you have to allow toxic people to stay in your life. I've learned this the hard way.
You don't have to tolerate someone, no matter how much you forgive them or how much they apologize. In fact, not even if they change - if you don't want to risk them going back to being as horrific as they have been in the past you don't have to.
I'm not talking about exclusively criminals here, I'm talking about jerks and assholes and other toxic people.
But it doesn't mean you have to allow toxic people to stay in your life. I've learned this the hard way.
You don't have to tolerate someone, no matter how much you forgive them or how much they apologize. In fact, not even if they change - if you don't want to risk them going back to being as horrific as they have been in the past you don't have to.
I'm not talking about exclusively criminals here, I'm talking about jerks and assholes and other toxic people.