I'm against this. Based on my own opinion, I often forgive the people I love than the people I don't have connections with.

You see, when your loved one hurts you, you'll get angry or disappointed at first. But sooner or later, you'll realize that you need him/her more than you need other people and you'll just end up forgiving him/her and forgetting the whole thing :)

If you truly love someone, you know how to forgive them :)

 For me, my family and strangers are the same (of course i like my family more- but i mean they r people and they do mistakes! ) :) and i judge them as they deserve.

 Although we may have higher expectations of our loved ones, we excuse and forgive them things that from a stranger we would not. At times we find ourselves defending them against others, even if they're in the wrong, we make allowances and have unconditional love. We don't tend to tolerate much from a stranger, there are distinct boundaries not to be crossed. A loved one is more likely to care enough about you to apologize for doing you wrong. They love you and want to remain in your life without hurt or anger, so they say they're sorry. A stranger, knowing they won't be seeing you again, may find it easier to say, "buzz off" and keep walking.

 L. Girl you blow me away with these questions!I agree that we have greater expectations, of our family, and forgiveness comes hard, we do forgive our families first, but the memory lingers and leads to bitterness, if we are not careful. It is hard to forget when those we love, do us wrong.

 I think it's the opposite. It's easier to forgive someone you know or love, than someone that you don't know. Sometimes the hard part is not forgiving a loved one, when everything inside us tells us to do so. Let's go for an example shall we?
Imagine that you are hit by a car. Nothing serious, you just hurt your leg. If you find out that the driver is a friend of yours, it's easier to forgive than if the driver was a stranger. See my point?

 I tend to have higher expectations of family members. And when they screw up I may get more upset, but only because I generally do not care enough about other people to care if they pull a screw up.

However, it does not effect how quickly I forgive. I forgive anyone, who recognizes that what they did was wrong, the moment they acknowledge it and ask forgiveness.

The only real problem I see with this debate topic is that there can be no correct answer. Each response tells us more about the individual who is responding and tells us nothing about anyone else.