Caroline Seawright wrote:

Trust no-one. ;p

Unless you know them very well, longer than a year or so, talked to them
on the phone, etc etc etc ...

Either that, or give each person the amount of trust that they have put
in you. Normally people who are untrustworthy don't place their trust
in others, because they think that everyone would be like them.

Regrettably this is a circular argument.  A classic catch-22.

Thus it is with real life:  You need to expose yourself at least a little in order
to let the light of friendship, love etc. shine in.  The trouble is, arrows can
fly through the same gap.  You need to accept that.

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