I'm trying to imagine how it happens.
Here are two people who love each other, or at least think they love each other.

They smile, hold hands, make plans. And then — a crack.
Invisible, thin, like a spider web on glass. One of them takes a step to the side, stumbles, succumbs to a momentary weakness or consciously searches for something new.

And the other remains in the dark, until one day this spider web turns into broken glass.

What to do next? Leave? Stay? Pretend nothing happened? Or try to forgive?
And is it even possible to truly forgive betrayal, without dragging along the burden of grievances, without returning to this pain again and again? After all, they say: if you have forgiven, forget.
But is it possible to forget?

I think forgiveness is not a weakness, but a strength. It requires inner work, honesty with yourself and a huge desire to preserve what may have already been destroyed.
But is it possible to build something new on old ruins?

It seems to me that betrayal is not just an act. It is a symptom. It is a reflection of the fact that something is already wrong in the relationship.
And, perhaps, it does not even matter whether you forgive or not, what is important is something else - are you able to trust again after this? Will you be able to look into the eyes and not look for the shadow of another person there? Will you be able to love as deeply without fear that it will happen again?

I don’t know. 😠 True. I would like to say that yes, everything is possible. But is it?

Or are we just deceiving ourselves, clinging to illusions?

What do you think? Is it possible to truly forgive betrayal and be happy again?🤔🤔