Inner Dialogue

How do you rebuild trust with someone who so completely and systematically set out to destroy a relationship? No matter how much you want things to be different, the need to protect yourself from almost certain pain prevents that. If there was any indication that he wanted to have a friendly relationship, any acknowledgment of what had happened in the past, and any expression of a sincere desire to move forward in the future, maybe I'd give it another shot. However, he's chosen to let someone else speak for him and to ignore the problem (as usual) so it doesn't look like any changes are on the horizon.