Is there somebody who you have anger and resentment towards?

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Is there anyone who has bullied you, abused you, used you, manipulated you, or took advantage of you that you cannot forgive? For me, it is hard to forgive someone who has wronged me. I hold a lot of anger and resentment towards someone like that. Not only do I have a hard time forgiving someone who wronged me, but I also have a hard time forgiving myself for putting up with that person and allowing them to step all over me.

This is an easy one for me to answer.

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Yes i have a lot of people like that. I don't believe that you have to forgive them either. They could use it to their advantage to hurt you again.

"Forgive, but never forget."

Just because I may have forgiven my cheating ex-wife, it does not mean that I ever want to sleep with her again.

There are some, but there used to be way more. Many are the type that I've pretty much forgiven, but I make effort to remind myself to never trust these particular people again.

I seem to be the opposite. I think I'm incapable of holding a grudge for more than a week. I do seem to be rather of the "forgive but never forget" mindset - for example I have forgiven my dad for what probably qualifies as verbal abuse, but I still am reluctant to give him news he doesn't want to hear because that was one of the main things that made him explode at me, and nothing says he won't do it again. I don't harbor any negative emotions toward him about it, but I do what I can to avoid repeat experiences.

Duh, how could there not be. Who doesn't?

And there are a few I downright hate and will never ever forgive. A pox on them.


And I definitely hold grudges, and I consider it a strength.
Once I'm done with someone, they're truly dead to me.

Giving someone a second chance is like giving someone a second bullet because they missed you the first time

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.