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Forgiveness vs trust - any difference?

A situation occurred whereby I feel I forgave the person, but do not trust him. I've been told that means I really still haven't forgiven him. How do you feel about foregiveness and trust? Are they synonymous or separate?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I've gone through this myself. I think they are seperate all together. You can forgive someone who wronged you and not trust them. Forgiveness just means to find peace, let go, and move on. Trust is a whole different issue.

  • 1 decade ago

    I believe they are separate. Just because you decide not to hold a grudge or animosity towards a person doesn't mean you can fully trust them. In fact, I would say that's being cautious and smart. You dont want to get burned twice. For example, I forgave a freind's betrayal; however, I chose not be remain her friend. I forgive her, I wish her well, I don't hate her but that doesn't mean I'm going to expose myself to be screwed over again.

    Keep in mind though, if you're talking about forgiving a boyfriend or husband for something he did, then you really have to work at trusting them again. If you decide to stay, then that means you're deciding to move past the incident...so throwing it back in their face is out of line.

    Trust will build up, but only if you stop dwelling on the thing you forgave them fore.

  • 1 decade ago

    Trust is something you earn. Once broken,it is hard to get back. You can over time trust again!

    When something happens in any relationship where trust is front and center. You can forgive that person on the spot. However! If they think you will just let it go. It is not as easy as forgiving.

    In the early years of our marriage, My husband cheated on me, with my best friend.

    I forgave him and her. I forgave them for me. I was not going to live stressed out worring that my husband might cheat on me. I forgave him and trusted that it would never happen again.

    Now for my best friend, I did forgive her. Guess what.? To this day, I have never trusted her. She has not done anything to earn my trust. Her saying she was sorry was not enough in my eyes. You will know when you can trust again. Don't be afraid to give second chances.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    You can forgive them and not trust them immediately after a while you should have been able to build that trust back up. If you constantly throw it in there face of what they have done to hurt you even after you forgave them then no you never really did forgive them or got over it. Besides trust is a very difficult thing to earn and even harder to keep it.

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  • 1 decade ago

    They are deffinately not the same this, that's for sure. It this guy hurt you in a way that made you lose your trust in him, it is possible to forgive but still not be able to trust him completely with your heart. It is very common for people to associate the two words with the same meaning. But they are separate. For example, I was letting my mom and her bf stay in my home while they got their place fixed up. I had some extra rules laid down since they would be around my kids. One rule was not to do drus, not to have them in your ssytem if you were to be in my home. Her bf was smoking pot, and when I asked her about it, she lied to me. I proved to her she was lying by admitting how I found out the truth,which was reading a page in her jopurnal I had knocked off of a book shelf. Though I have forgiven her for lying, I can not trust her that she is telling me the truth. There was also another incident with this guy where I would have made him saty in his home even without power or water hooked up and she lied to protect him, when I had my kids to think about protecting. I have forgiven her that as well, but I will not trust her to make choices based on protecting my children versus a man to lay in her bed.

    Just ignore the people that say you haven't honestly forgiven him if you still don't trust him. The thing is that you have forgiven him, but have learned a lesson about who and how you trust.

  • 1 decade ago

    You can forgive someone and still not trust them. It's the same as I forgive you,but I can't forget. It's two different things. When you say I don't trust you anymore that's just letting the person know you want be their fool anymore.

  • 1 decade ago

    Hhmmm maybe not. Iv tried thinking of another example but cant maybe if u forgive someone but dont trust them again deep down u haven't forgiven them.... Im confused now too lol

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    to easily answer your question i'd say the biggest situation between the Catholicism and the different denominational and non-denominational church homes is The Eucharist, The physique and Blood of Christ shared interior the communion. all the different stuff that people talk approximately are so minor and maximum the creations of what people choose to translate them to. If the Eucharistic variations did no longer exist you may call the rest only politics style to assert. on a similar time as all of them declare the main suitable for the country each and each social gathering issues their way is extra useful.

  • 1 decade ago

    Trust is a must, if you truely forgave this person for their wrong doings, then you must trust them not to do whatever it is they did again. Trust is something that is gained, I personally don't trust anyone as far as I can throw them, until I get to know them, and they prove they are trustworthy.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    i think the whole pt of forgiving a person is giving them another chance. its like starting all over again, they have to earn what they lost back. you can forgive a person, but if you let the relationship pick up where it left off what have either of you learned? it takes time...

    remember this saying: "i will forgive but wont forget" "i will forget but not forgive" "forgive and forget what do you got?"

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