Trust and forgiveness go together for me; I don't do either easily, and never without a sincere apology. If the person does not recognize their offense, why would I step back into a position of vulnerability with them? Nope. Like you, I will never trust them again. Nor forgive them. Forgiveness is overrated if you ask me; the only people who talk about it seem to be those who want to be forgiven themselves.
It matters whether the person is someone I love, or have simply done some kind of business with. Just yesterday, a man at a village department of public works meeting lied about what a third, not present, person supposedly gave him consent to do (cut down two trees on Main Street). I knew she had not done so. Did I make a big deal out of it? No siree, but I left that meeting saying to myself "Good to know." When something even bigger comes along, I will now question everything he says. He harmed himself that day, not me.
Question: what is that photograph of? (Apologies to @riverflows for ending a sentence with a preposition)
I'm not so good at forgiveness and forgive and forget doesn't work so well because I end not to forget transgressions. Some would say that's wrong of me and I'd tell those people to go fuck off because I'm me and they're them.
As for the photo, the very last line of my post and the link in it will explain it.
Whoops! Caught not reading to the very end! You'd think I would know better by now especially with your posts. Thanks for the link.
Indeed, it surprised me a bit to be honest. All good though, most don't read much at all so at least you got the gist of the post topic.