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Is it possible to love someone you will never forgive?

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Is it possible to love someone you will never forgive?
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Is it possible to love someone you will never forgive?
May 23, 2018 at 8:17 am
Is it possible to never forgive someone you love and still love them? If so is it possible to still have a (normal) relationship with them, even if they know you won't forgive them?
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RE: Is it possible to love someone you will never forgive?
May 23, 2018 at 8:27 am
I guess there can be a situation where there's an incident that you say "You were wrong, and I'll never let you live it down", but you still help that person because you care about them.
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RE: Is it possible to love someone you will never forgive?
May 23, 2018 at 8:27 am
Depends on the deed that led to such a strong stance on non-forgiveness, I suppose.
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RE: Is it possible to love someone you will never forgive?
May 23, 2018 at 8:30 am
(May 23, 2018 at 8:17 am)Die Atheistin Wrote: Is it possible to never forgive someone you love and still love them?
In my experience, yes.

Quote:If so is it possible to still have a (normal) relationship with them, even if they know you won't forgive them?
I don;t think so..even if they don;t know that, but you do.
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RE: Is it possible to love someone you will never forgive?
May 23, 2018 at 9:32 am
No and No. I really don't understand the term/emotion "love" but without some measure of forgiveness (i.e., not forgive but put it in the past) I think you're beating a dead horse.
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RE: Is it possible to love someone you will never forgive?
May 23, 2018 at 9:59 am
Does Kevin Spacey count?
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RE: Is it possible to love someone you will never forgive?
May 23, 2018 at 10:10 am (This post was last modified: May 23, 2018 at 10:10 am by *Deidre*.)
You can love someone and not forgive him/her. I would compare that to loving them, but not respecting them.
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RE: Is it possible to love someone you will never forgive?
May 23, 2018 at 12:51 pm
(May 23, 2018 at 8:17 am)Die Atheistin Wrote: Is it possible to never forgive someone you love and still love them? If so is it possible to still have a (normal) relationship with them, even if they know you won't forgive them?


Never is a pretty long time.
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RE: Is it possible to love someone you will never forgive?
May 23, 2018 at 1:26 pm
(May 23, 2018 at 8:17 am)Die Atheistin Wrote: Is it possible to never forgive someone you love and still love them? If so is it possible to still have a (normal) relationship with them, even if they know you won't forgive them?

I think when you love someone deep down, but you are unable to forgive them, that speaks to your eventually forgiving them given enough time.
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RE: Is it possible to love someone you will never forgive?
May 23, 2018 at 4:36 pm
To my view, relationships are a long series of small unforgiven moments.
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