I am in a close relationship with someone I hurt. I have asked for forgiveness but I keep getting ignored. Does it ever get to a point that I can demand forgiveness when I know that the other person is just being stubborn?

I sympathize with your frustration.  You are ready to be forgiven and the other is not ready to give it to you.  You should realize that forgiveness is not something that you can demand from someone.  That person is not obligated in an ethical sense to give forgiveness until he or she is ready.  Some religions ask a person to forgive under certain circumstances (such as happens in some of the rituals at Yom Kippur in the Jewish faith, for example).  If the one from whom you are seeking forgiveness is under no religious obligation to forgive, I suggest three things: patience, patience, and patience.  A little encouragement from you for him or her to forgive probably would be a good idea, but done sparingly and gently.

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