Thank you for your answer to my question about my sister who wants me to forgive her even though  I was not offended.  When I explained that she did nothing wrong, she asked me this: “Should I forgive myself for what I did?”  What do you think?

I do not recommend that she forgive herself because it seems she did not behave unjustly.  Maybe she made a mistake, and so she can work on accepting herself as imperfect.  Self-forgiveness occurs when the person has broken a moral standard, which she apparently did not do.  So, I recommend she work on self-acceptance rather than self-forgiveness.

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