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How do you forgive a lie in a relationship?
How to Ask for Forgiveness
- Show true contrition and remorse for the pain that you’ve caused.
- Be willing to make a commitment to not hurt your partner again by repeating the hurtful behavior.
- Accept the consequences of the action that created the hurt.
- Be open to making amends.
Should you forgive someone who lied to you?
If a person lies, and is unrepentant about it, you are under no obligation to forgive. If the liar is sorry, you still do not have to forgive. Even if the other person is genuinely sorry, some grave matters may not or should not be forgiven in the sense of “everything between us completely is all right again”.
Are your partner’s lies worse than your own?
Furthermore, your situation highlights a real problem that emerges in most relationships: People think that their partner’s lies are worse than their own. Double standards and hypocrisy are the norm. It is much easier for people to feel the pain inflicted by a partner’s behavior than to acknowledge their own misdeeds.
What to do when your boyfriend lies about you?
It is much easier for people to feel the pain inflicted by a partner’s behavior than to acknowledge their own misdeeds. So, while you have been hurt by your boyfriend’s lies, it may help to remind yourself that you’ve behaved in exactly the same way.
Do You Lie or tell the truth in a relationship?
While no one likes to acknowledge it, all close relationships involve both telling the truth and lying (see why lovers lie ). Everyone holds ideals about love and romance, which never match reality.
Is it morally acceptable to lie about your past to someone?
It is not morally acceptable to lie at all, unless the truth will seriously impact someone else’s long-term happiness. If I was starting a relationship with someone who was turned off by promiscuity, it might temporarily make her happy to be lied to about my sexy, sexy past.