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"Cautious Or Not?"

Are you the type of person who thinks only the best of people first, trusts easily, and risks getting hurt by taking a chance on them

OR

Are you cautious of people, and take a long time to get to know them before you trust them?

I'm the latter as lots of people I've trusted I've been let down by and all the people I don't usually seem to trust usually have my best interests at heart.

That's why now I let new people in a probationary period of not fully trusting them, but being polite and kind to them none-the-less.

Some people I won't trust from the outset, some people I will. then there's obviously the in-betweens.

Saying that, I've been hurt a number of times by the same person but I still trust them and think highly of them. Am I a fool for that?

I think I trust people too easily but like Smedlos I can see through most people. I'd like to think I'm a good judge of character and so far I've done well. I'd hate to get hurt and I've seen it happen to my brothers.

I think people should be trusting, but okay maybe not too much but I dunno it's difficult. You guys can trust me though :) Hopefully the years (or year) that you've known me I'm quite a nice trustworthy guy.

I trust people too easy. Some people I can see right through and others not so well. I get hurt allot of the time, yet still go back and do it again.

Nevertheless, as the saying goes....

Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice, and shame on me.

Though, once someone has wronged me ill be wary of him or her no doubt!

If someone gives me no reason to distrust them i'll trust them but if they do something to break that trust then it's highly likely they won't get it back and I'll probably have no more to do with them.

I try and meet new people with an open mind but there are some stereotypes I can't seem to shake off - car salesmen for one.

Moving away from people I am too cautious but am changing that, for example if I get the opportunity to try something new before I'd have to think about it and weigh up the pros and cons but now I go for it as though I have nothing to lose - most times you have nothing to lose anyway for example trying new foods out.

A while back I heard a great saying which can change your life for the better in so many ways - "Regret things in life you have done rather than things you haven't done" and since I started to listen to that phrase I've had so many more good experiences in life than I would have had otherwise.

Are you the type of person who thinks only the best of people first, trusts easily, and risks getting hurt by taking a chance on them

OR

Are you cautious of people, and take a long time to get to know them before you trust them?