Can there be such a thing as false reconciliation? In other words, can a person say, “Please forgive me. I will never do it again,” but then keep on doing the nonsense?
Yes, there definitely can be manipulations by some people, and a false apology is one of them. In such cases, the one hurt by the other often gets signals of insincerity coming from the other and even outright evidence of continued wrongdoing. This, of course, then makes genuine reconciliation more difficult in the future if the offending one truly repents because of the lack of trust built up during the time of false reconciliation. In other words, faking reconciliation by the offending person makes it hard for that person to receive an overture of reconciliation by the offended person in the future.
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