Had a fight 2 months ago, he said awful things about me, and I've been avoiding him. He apologized. Should I trust him? Does he still think that?

[_Emmie_]

I had a work partner for 4 months. We got really close. I. e, he knows things about me that no one else does. After we got split, I could tell that something was off when we saw each other, but when asked he'd say we were fine. I wanted to believe him, and had no reason not to. I could tell he was mad a couple times, but he always said he forgave me and moved on. Some of his friends HATE me, but they dislike everyone. I just figured something was going on with him that he wasn't ready to share. So it was rollar coaster-y all summer. Then they tried to put us back together, and he freaked. We had a massive fight, and he basically said not to speak to him again. He accused me of a LOT. Like 80% of it was total bull. 10%ish was semi-true but he was upset about the why, which he had TOTALLY misread. The other 10% is on me. I do feel bad, and I'm working on it. I'd even already apologized for most of it. Well, yesterday I was there for someone he really cares about when they got hurt and I told him about the injury. He thanked me a TON, to the point of tears. After work he unblocked me and texted a really great apology. I apologized for not being the nicest (to his credit, he had tried to be kind several times. I knew he felt bad, but I was barely civil.) and said I forgave him. Today, he was mega nice, kept smiling/waving when we passed, and he asked about stuff I have going on. I brought the situation up, but he likes forgiving and forgetting. He pretty much said it's past, forgiven, and that the opinions of others didn't help. But I'm having a hard time trusting him. I already had trust issues. He lied for MONTHS about us being okay, and held onto it until he blew. He never heard my side. I don't see how he had massive issues with me, thinking I'm a lying, manipulative, people using, attention seeking creep and just switched to genuinely liking me. I truly forgive him. I'm not mad, just hurt. But should I trust him? Does he still think that about me?

[SnowedIn]

This is a tough one. You boiled your question down to should you trust him. I don't know. This relationship of yours sounds like a it's all over the map of nice/not nice, blocking and unblocking, bad things and apologies. I'd say both of you need to look elsewhere.

And, relationships with people at work never work out so I'd start with that...

[LazerBean]

Why would you trust him? That's an obvious no.

[Anonymous]

You can never trust a man.