I... I got an apology letter from my former friend/roommate/abuser today.

This is gonna take some time to process.

I am under no obligation to forgive this person. What he did was wrong, and most would say unforgivable.

I& #39;ve always considered myself to be a compassionate, forgiving person. My strength is my mercy and my ability to forgive others.

He is not owed one drop of my forgiveness.

My initial feelings are somewhere between "this sounds like a genuine apology" and "he& #39;s trying to get back what he lost and will say anything to do so."

I& #39;ve earned the right to be skeptical.

I do find it awfully convenient that he simultaneously reached out to my two best friends IRL around the same time that I received the apology. Feels a bit like he& #39;s trying to find a crack and worm his way inside. This makes me doubt the sincerity of his apology.

(I apologize for the thread in general, everyone. This is too powerful to keep to myself, and twitter is a good place for me to kinda... get it all out in the open in a cohesive way. If you& #39;re still reading this thread, know that I love you very much https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💜" title="Violettes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Violettes Herz">)