I can forgive people, yeah. But forgiveness and access are two completely different things. Some people think saying “I forgive you” means everything goes back to normal, but sometimes it just means I’m tired of carrying all those shitty feelings around and I need some kind of closure.

It depends on what they did, too. If it was something stupid, maybe we can move on for good. But if you betray me in a way that changes how I see you, it’s permanent, because there’s no way I would trust you EVER again.

When I forgive someone, I mean it. I’m actually capable of burying what happened and leaving it in the past. But that doesn’t always mean I still want that person in my life.