Should You Be Friends With Someone Who Betrayed You?

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As someone who has suffered betrayal and who has betrayed, this question is a sensitive but necessary one.

There’s been a quote circulating online that goes, “The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies.” It’s a profound reaffirmation that trust is at the root of betrayal. If I never trusted you in the beginning, it would at least make some…