The more you expect, the more disappointed you will be, is that right?

Same here. As a relevant saying goes, "Promises are made to be broken". I hate it sometimes that many people who have this kind of attitude - intentionally promise something they cannot keep. It is very hard really to expect and you end up disappointed. I am very tired with it, so I prevent and avoid myself expecting for me not to be disappointed afterwards.

Honestly it is both ways. If your date doesnt go the way you want it to then well you shouldnt have high expectations. If you invest your money in a stock which you know will crash but instead makes you a lot of money then you will be like "why didnt i invest more?" There is no true way to answer your question. Its all psychological and how much disappointments can one person deal with in their life.

It happened to me a lot in different circumstances when I had high expectations, the worst happens. So now I try to expect less or better expect nothing so I will not be disappointed and then maybe have a surprise. It is hard to do that sometimes as obviously everyone expects to have good things happen.

it all depends on your expectations. if your expectations are realistic, there is no reason why someone would be incredibly disppointed. so although you have MANY expectations, if they're all realistic, then disappointment won't have to be extreme. perhaps i defined "more" in terms of quantity rather than quality. hehe ;b

yes i believe in that thing, and it happened many times to me thats why i learned my lessons..i dont expect more now (just a little hehehe!) so i will not be disappointed.

We cannot place unrealistic expectations on people. I believe we should not put any expectations on others. We cannot live this life alone. However, people will betray you and forsake you and judge you. This is life. This is one of the major reasons I choose to follow Jesus Christ. I can completely trust him.

That's the problem when a person pins their expectations on another person. I had that exact experience tonight...only I was the one to disappoint the other person. Why? Because his expectations were only his, I had no interest. When he finally realized that I seriously did not want to go out, he stormed out and has yet to come back. Obviously he will eventually, he shares this apartment with me but it's been well over 4 hours and is quite late here. The sad thing is we could have watched a movie and had a nice quiet night in if only he'd stopped being mad for long enough to listen.

I have to agree with that statement. The higher you aim, the higher the fall, which is why I try not to aim very high, or expect a lot, because I know that chances are I'm simply going to be disappointed. And I'm sure it's the same thing for a lot of people. I'm certainly not alone, which is somewhat comforting.

This is true. In this life we should not expect to much because disappointments are bound to happen. I really believe that one should not expect too much so if something goes wrong we would not feel that bad.

Yes I agree with you my friend. It is very disappointing when the thing you are expecting did not happen the way you were thinking about it. That happened to me so many times I really hate myself because I have always believed in. Now I am trying to minimize my expectation and I'm teaching myself to just wait until it happens, never think of it and try to focus on other things and lastly don't be too excited. At least when you are half-excited and the promise given to you never happened you will not be hurt that much. This is based on my personal experience and I don't know if this happens to others too. Anyway just a simple advice, expect but to a certain limit only and better wait. That's all!

I think it's true. My mom always tells me that I set my hopes to high and I expect too much and that's why I'm always disappointed. I try not to get my hopes up, but a lot of times when I'm expecting things to happen I keep picturing it in my head, but when it doesn't happen or goes wrong, I'm just devastated.

Hi, Donot be Negative.Try to be more realistic and expect less.Only then U will be satisfied in what U get in return.Be Positive and Smile.... =Lahiri,Kolkata,India.