What makes such acts more reprehensible is that these acts are done with full knowledge. You cannot escape your guilt by deciding your amount of punishment and then claiming your right to normalcy be restored to the relationship. This statement makes you even more cruel and reflects your complete lack of sensitivity towards the other person. If one has the cunning to betray someone and realizes that it was a serious mistake, then he must show the courage to accept the mistake, ask for an apology and accept the response of the injured person. But in the modern world, people take it as their right to betray other's trust and then be absolutely dismissive towards him as it was their right to hurt the other person. Forgiveness is a virtue, but one must be very careful while forgiving someone. You need to evaluate whether the person in front of you really deserves it and has truly realized the seriousness of the mistake made. A pardon only after such a realization would make sense and could have significant results in the future. In hindsight, a forgiveness to a person who does not realize the severity of the mistake becomes an indirect encouragement to make other similar mistakes in the future, which can be absolutely fatal for the relationship. Each such fatal blow consumes a lot from the relationship and ultimately brings it