Will a cancer forgive you ever?

This topic was created in the Cancer forum by Rambee on Thursday, February 20, 2014 and has 13 replies.

Will a Cancer forgive you in a relationship

Cancers are known for their loyalty but can take time to forgive after betrayal or disappointment. They tend to hold onto hurt but can forgive if they feel genuine remorse. They may need time to heal and might take longer to move on, especially in committed, loving relationships.

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13 Years

Maybe not easily...but ever. Not after a huge deceit like cheating but mostly after you didn't do something they wanted you to do. They got tired of waiting and gave up. How can you tell in a relationship do they tend to give up finally and it's over? Do they move on quickly as well.
I'm only speaking of intimate relationships where you were both in love.

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12 Years10,000+ Posts

Depends on how often the behavior repeated itself, how bad the betrayal and hurt was and how sincerely you tried to fix it. If it's really bad and we detect no truth to trying to fix it then it's over. Cold turkey, iced out for 10,000 years, won't look back, you don't exist.

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i would rather a cancer forget my trespasses than forgive me for them.
that bringing up stuff from 5 years ago plus like it's a fresh wound is for the birds, man.
like they know exactly the time and date ("see, you are doing to me EXACTLY what you did to your sister at club flamingo while drinking that pineapple mojito on august 8, 2009 at 3:57am!")

how y'all hold onto stuff like that and semi-manage to lead a decent life style is beyond me.

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cheating is the first and last straw! you will not even know what hit you out the front door.

i have memory like a cpu of 100000tb . its all stored in there. it makes me have a perspective about people , that even though that person is being nice now, i know what he did in the past so i know not to get disappointed with that behaviour again ,because i know how he really is inside. it makes the deleting part very easy.

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12 Years10,000+ Posts

Posted by krebbsmann
cheating is the first and last straw! you will not even know what hit you out the front door.

i have memory like a cpu of 100000tb . its all stored in there. it makes me have a perspective about people , that even though that person is being nice now, i know what he did in the past so i know not to get disappointed with that behaviour again ,because i know how he really is inside. it makes the deleting part very easy.

Yes, exactly that with the memory!

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Posted by CluelessCancer

Posted by msX
i would rather a cancer forget my trespasses than forgive me for them.
that bringing up stuff from 5 years ago plus like it's a fresh wound is for the birds, man.
like they know exactly the time and date ("see, you are doing to me EXACTLY what you did to your sister at club flamingo while drinking that pineapple mojito on august 8, 2009 at 3:57am!")

how y'all hold onto stuff like that and semi-manage to lead a decent life style is beyond me.

lol i do this.

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i can imagine 😉
i am a sag with a cancer rising, so i remember how a person made me FEEL but not exactly what they've done to make me feel that way.
i don't find the details of what a person has done as important as my solar plexus wanting to turn over 10000X when the thought of a particular person comes up.

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12 YearsCancer

Depends how stupid you made them feel. Forgive? based on experience, that's a never. Forget what the person did is also a never. Forget the person? delete delete delete!!

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Posted by Rambee
Maybe not easily...but ever. Not after a huge deceit like cheating but mostly after you didn't do something they wanted you to do. They got tired of waiting and gave up. How can you tell in a relationship do they tend to give up finally and it's over? Do they move on quickly as well.
I'm only speaking of intimate relationships where you were both in love.

Something to keep in mind: Cancers never forget, especially regarding good deeds and bad.

Depends on the transgression.
If its cheating or some other serious betrayal, it is rare, if ever, that a Cancer will forgive you.
The same thing goes if you intentionally do something to hurt them.
You'll be out of their life, forever. They may not forget, but they will compartmentalize and move on.

Lesser stuff, it depends.
If they love you and have a long history with you, they'll overlook a lot of things (they may not forget, but they aren't going to ride your butt).
The only exception is if you chronically engage in the same behavior over and over. In that case, there will come a time where they will pull away. They may stay polite, but you'll be shut out of their "inner circle". Unless you make an honest effort to change and bridge that gap, that's where you'll stay.

In the specific case you are stating, the Cancer probably got frustrated because they weren't getting reassurance you were committed to the relationship.
You'll start to know if they start becoming a little less communicative where before they were an open book (this isn't really related to any specific sign, but in general).
You'll know its over when any type of communication is more formal.
I don't know the specifics of the situation you're talking about, so that's about all I can say.

As far as moving on quickly. Hard to say.
In the case of betrayal, they'll go through the 7 stages of grief and it may take them a while to move on, but they will.
Where they will move on, and quickly, is if things have gone "cold" over a period of time.

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I'm actually heavily leaning on going into psychology. The other two choices were landscape architect and something to do with computer information but psychology is winning.