When someone does something unforgivable

[Angrboda]

I'm reminded of, I believe it was Netanyahu who, upon being asked about Reagan visiting a German war memorial said, "When a friend makes a mistake, the friend remains a friend, and the mistake remains a mistake." The relationships worth having can weather such things. Those that can't probably weren't very strong to begin with. I try to forgive in advance, independent of whether someone has asked for forgiveness or not. All the same, I broke up with my best friend a few years ago when she berated me about a religious matter and explicitly chose not to acknowledge my belief in a (Hindu) god. It probably wasn't only the religious offense, but a combination of that and being on the end of her general unreasonableness in expressing her anger. She'd been mean to people in my experience prior to that, but never to me personally. I didn't want to ever go through that again.