Remember that when you have a committed love partner, you always have the choice to forgive….
If you approach your relationship with the understanding that things will sometimes go wrong and that you are ready with forgiveness, you will become a more powerful partner. As you forgive, you begin to reframe the way you discuss your relationship. You will find yourself telling stories of heroic understanding and unruffled self-acceptance instead of stories of grief and resentment.
— Dr. Fred Luskin, Forgive for Love, p. 76