Category: Apologies and forgiveness
Dealing with an unforgiving friend
A reader asks what to do after she has apologized to an unforgiving friend—and hasn’t been forgiven.
A wife-chaser made me lose trust in female friends
Having had a problem with trust in the past can make someone even more sensitive to a breech of trust.
Can you rebuild trust after shutting someone out?
A woman feels she made a grave mistake in shutting out her friend. Can she rebuild trust?
Marital problems can kill a friendship
If someone has serious marital problems, friendships may fall by the wayside.
Can a friendship on life support be salvaged?
A friendship on life support may have only a slim chance of survival, especially if the friendship doesn’t have a solid foundation or long history.
Can a friendship overcome a terrible betrayal?
Whether a friendship can survive after a betrayal depends on whether the friend who was betrayed is able to forgive.
In friends we trust—until they let us down
When friends we trust have a lapse in judgment, it can be difficult to get over.
