Do you have to be 100% done being angry to "forgive" someone?

Or can you just drop the subject, not dwell on itanymore, but still secretly stay a little pissed?
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I can forgive without forgetting. Contrary to the popular adage, they are distinctly different. We are all human and make mistakes, or have misunderstandings, so forgiving is just accepting the foibles of being human and giving them another chance. Forgetting may come over time -- as we age, that happens more and more -- but in the short term it not to bear a grudge but just prudence to see if it is part of a pattern, which is a different issue from a one time mis-step.