Do you easily "believe" people?

It's all about building trust isn't it, with my friends both on and offline you build up trust and after you have known them for some time you start to believe them and accept what they say is true, but with strangers I am very wary of and will take things with a pinch of salt, so to me if they lie I have virtually accepted they will, if they have kept their word then they will get my respect.

I am foolishly nieve, i believe everything i am told until i find out i have been lied to then i will never believe anything ever again. If i find out i have been lied to by a lover, it is over, because if they will lie once they will lie again

I used to believe people earlier. But some recent happenings have restrained me to do so. I had a so called best friend till last year. But suddenly out of the blue he behaved very badly with me. we are no longer in touch. I have understood he was taking advantage of my friendship. so I stopped believing people that much.

Believe in what manner? with what they say or in time that they are in convincing me. it depends with the person. I believe its fine to doubt in a way. There are lots of well dressed fools around... so we just have to be careful. I always think twice esp if that person is not that close to me or if what he is saying is really doubting. I always think twice in what they say. But of course I always take the benefit of the doubt and give them chance to prove what they are really up to.

For me, making a friend with stangers is very diffcult .In China ,the relationship between the two guys is subtle . I mean that the people often believe somebody who can help me in the future is more suitable to be his or her friend than the people who are poor and not well connected .But that is not my opinion .the feeling of getting along with others is critical to decide whether we can be friend or not .

I want to believe people until they've shown that they aren't trustworthy. However, I tend to be very cautious and don't totally trust anyone that haven't known for a long time. Going with your feelings and how they treat you is a good idea.

Not until I study those people. If they habitual conman, I keep them away. If they are reasonable, honest and upright, I take them into my confidence. No one I feel should be taken for granted unless that person is studied from various angles.

It depends on how much i feel i can trust them, normally id not believe people so easy. If its a total stranger id almost not believe them at all, often because of the short time ive known them. Its a lot easier if ive known the person for some time, because then i often trust them more.

I don't easily believe people but I don't make it obvious. I keep my watch. And for your other statement that some people tend to lie, actually all people tend to lie. No one is spared. The Bible states in the Book of Psalms: 116:11 I said in my haste, All men are liars. But of course, like what you said some people can be honest most of the time. And I'm glad I know very well how I can determine honest people. That's how I choose my face to face friends.