Trust strangers??

@jricky1 (6800)
China
August 23, 2011 2:11am CST
My friend bought a second-hand iphone yesterday,and the guy seems like honest and warm-hearted,i can see that he is rich enough but want to buy a better cell phone,so sold the old one,he is nice and told my friend about something and he travels a lot.Today,he invited my friend to go for a drink,should we trust strangers?
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7 responses
• India
23 Aug 11
You cannot decide whether a person is good or bad just by looking at him for a glance. You should spend with him for a while and then you can decide about him. I suggest that you to go for the drink and this where a chance will come for you to spend some time with him and then you can see whether he is good or bad. You cannot trust strangers, but you can afford to meet them and know more about them. After all without meeting new people it would not be possible to meet new friends.
@jricky1 (6800)
• China
23 Aug 11
Yeah,maybe you are right and maybe try to meet new people are not bad.I didn't judge him by his appearance,i just can't make sure whether it is safe to do this.But overall,he is nice and maybe i should have a try.Thanks for sharing.
• India
23 Aug 11
I am always here to help you friend. Go and meet him once and tell me whether he is good or bad.
@jricky1 (6800)
• China
24 Aug 11
I will,thanks!
@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
23 Aug 11
If your friend is nervous, she should go with a friend and keep to public places. There's nothing wrong with meeting up with a stranger - someone once said that a stranger is a friend you haven't met yet - but it's wise to be cautious and any honest person will understand that.
@jricky1 (6800)
• China
24 Aug 11
Yeah,thanks,i agree with that words,a stranger is a friend you haven't met yet.But i think maybe we should keep to public places and she'd better not go with him as she does not know anything about him.Thanks for sharing.
@carmelanirel (20942)
• United States
23 Aug 11
If I were your friend, I would be cautious and when I go out with him for a drink, I'd take along a friend to go with me, I'd never go by myself, it isn't safe..
@megamatt (14292)
• United States
23 Aug 11
Its kind of hard to say. When we don't know a person, they might be the brightest, most sunny looking person in the world but that could be a facade for them being a con artist. On the other hand, a person could be intimidating looking but they could really be a nice person. Looks can rather be all that deceiving. I am kind of weary about a lot of people these days, not willing to really give my trust a lot of the time but at the same time, not really going to distrust them all of the time. In the end, I feel as if there are going to be many times where we are going to all going to encounter people and we might need to make a snap judgment. However there are times where I don't really want to trust a person outright but not write off their trust. Strangers tend to be in that gray era, where since I don't know them, I can't really have all that much of an opinion on them to say the very least. It is one of those things where my judgment cannot be made, because I don't have enough information.
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
23 Aug 11
I think to be secure, your friend should first ask you to go with him in meeting that stranger. Get to know each other first , but not for a drink yet. Maybe when they have known each other well, then they could go for a drink. But if your friend is a lady, better not.
@jricky1 (6800)
• China
23 Aug 11
My friend is a lady,so i just concern whether we should do this,but we know that he works in a big companies and maybe we can have a try just for knowing each other,but not go out to eat.Thanks for your advice.
@hafiz008 (450)
• India
23 Aug 11
First of all you must be cautious about the stranges. You should have an insight about his next step when you meet him. You just meet him only in public places and you must choose when a common question arise like what to do now ?. Take time to understand him. You go and make hello with him and becareful. God is with u.
• Philippines
23 Aug 11
Uh oh, not that fast! Give time to know him better. Whenever he asks your friend to go for a drink or something, you must accommodate your friend and make sure that you go to a place with many people and that you can easily ask for help if ever he wants to do something bad to you two. More people today are great actors and that they can deceive you until they get what they really want from you. Just be careful.