A. Extremely forgiving, because the first reaction when you learn your spouse has had an affair is broken trust.

So this broken trust will not be regained in weeks or months, it takes literally years to regain that trust.

It is considered symbolic of an ending relationship, however, it can also represent broken trust in a once long-lasting friendship.

Could she possibly have had a good reason for lying, something that made perfect sense and that would restore the broken trust?

I heard their heartbreaking stories of damaged lives and broken trust.

The victim will often already internally blame themselves, especially because the violation of boundaries, broken trust, and the feeling of personal danger occurs with rape.

"When people know it's a temporary arrangement," she said, "someday when the assignment ends, there's not a sense of a broken trust."

It could be about a couple who have stopped speaking - he calls someone "darling" and "baby" - or a broken public trust.

"It was basically a question of broken trust."

What hurt most, I realized, was my broken trust in my parents' guidance.