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Am I too forgiving?

Asked by molly (259points) September 29th, 2008

my friend made some comments quite recently (in a somewhat negative tone) about how i always seem to give people second chances, that i can never keep people i “hate” out of my life, how i don’t know how to give the cold shoulder to anyone, etc. while i do agree that to an extent i may be too much of a softie sometimes, i usually see my actions more as a sign that i’ve grown up about whatever situation went down and that whoever i was feuding with was important enough to me to be given a second chance. if i truly believe someone did me wrong, i will cut off ties if necessary. if some time later (most cases have been at least 6 months to a year) i find that there is some reason to give them another chance, i tend to ease into doing so. if it goes well and i can rekindle some sort of friendship, i go ahead with it, but with caution. is this wrong, or is my friend (who says, “i’m serious when i say i don’t like people and i’ve dropped them forever”) too unforgiving?

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