I forgave my partner and I truly think that I did this right.  In other words, I have more gentle behaviors toward him, I see that he has worth as a person, and I have empathy toward him.  I proclaimed my forgiveness and he says that he accepted it.  Yet, he keeps being annoyed with me.  I thought that forgiving would be helpful to him, but so far it is not.  What now?

Your partner seems to have a pattern of behavior that needs to change.  It is possible that he actually is annoyed with someone or something else and he is taking this out on you.  I recommend that you sit down with him and explore other situations in his life, either occurring now, such as at work, or in the past, such as in his family of origin.  He may need to practice forgiving these other people to lower his anger so that he does not take it out on you.

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