What is the clue that people in a romantic relationship truly have forgiven each other? My concern is residual anger that could chip away at the relationship.
If each person is now concerned about the other’s welfare and shows it, then it seems to me that both have forgiven. If there is residual anger, the other is going to see this because the anger will be coming at this other person. When this happens, it is a good idea to first forgive, even for this new expression of anger, and then to gently ask the other for a change in this kind of communication that includes some anger. Because both have made progress in forgiving, I suspect that such feedback will be taken seriously by the one showing the anger.
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