Do You Easily Trust a Stranger Who You Have Just Met?

Hi, The sweet, well-dressed and innocent looking stranger just might turn out to be a curse in disguise. So, we need to be really careful and keep an open eye when dealing with strangers. Like they say, "Don't judge a book by its cover". Being nice to everyone is a good moral value but nothing beats our own safety.

Hi Neelia_lyn, I don't believe we should EVER invite a total stranger into our home. I feel bad for anyone who is hurt or swindled by a stranger or anyone, actually. I used to be a very trusting person. I'm like my dad. My dad trusted everyone until they gave him a reason not to trust them. My dad would even send a blank check in the mail to someone if he didn't know how much to write it for. The receiver of that check could have entered in any amount, but was honest.. thank God! I tend to be the same way to an extent, but I would not trust a total stranger to come into my house. Have I ever done anything that stupid? Yes, I have. And yes.. I was taken advantage of by them and hurt by them. So since having had the experience where my trust was abused, I no longer trust people I don't know and have some kind of friendly or business relationship with.

no. it really is difficult for me to trust that easy. especially in this time and era where crooks are almost anywhere and everywhere.

I for one don't even trust people I know,I'm very sceptical.When "meeting" a stranger I'm nice to them,but always on aleart.Where I'm from they just mug you directly,using numbers and violance.They don't want to be "sneeky",they use discretion only in crowded places.One thing I sould not do I never give them something you may want back.Even if you know where the person lives if you don't trust em,don't.Because if you go to the police,they can do anything,because he didn't steal it.It's called breach of trust or something like that.

Yes, unfortunately I do and I am trying to change that. In today's world you can't (Shouldn't) trust anyone and everyone.

To me,it's hard to trust someone strange.I always used to check them before trusting.If i met a stranfer.firstly I will ask thier basic details.If they ask my deatils,i will be more careful answering them.Won't let them to catch my details!And when i got that they are genuin,i will give my personal details.Sometimes this approch made me cruel or lier.But i don't care it.that safety is much important to me.

No, I do not trust strangers. That is not judging them, it is just good common sense. Even with people that I supposedly know I will only trust them so far. Sooner or later most people will do you wrong, although for some it may be unintentional.

I do not give my trust that easily. i am always skeptical especially with people i have just seen, or met (not in the workplace). of course when i meet a person at work then i would have trusted that person that he/she knows his job, etc and that he can be of help to me... but generally of course i would take time to get to know a person i have just met, especially in public.. i do not want to be caught in the middle of an ugly situation such as what you have said. it happens and i have heard of this, to be honest. i find it quite disturbing so i would be paranoid in this aspect so i won't fall as a victim.

hi there neelia_lyn, what you are experiencing in your place is almost the same here at our end. as they use hypnotism in doing bad unto their fellow. one way to avoid having been hypnotize, do not look closely to their eyes. as this is their way to capture your attention. and when you look closely to them especially to their eyes, they are somehow whispering a ritual message for someone to be hypnotize. with reference to your main question, i for one, does not simply give my trust. though i am not showing any disrespectful attitude towards.

i ever trust someone ta the firts ime i meet. i saw his eyes and honest, pure. but i ever get cheated by someone who i know good too. that is life, so many things we dont know before, and life is dinamyc, always changing, thus we must be ready for changing.

I have a problem with trusting issues so before I could give my trust to someone, he or she should prove that he or she is worthy of my trust. Trust is not easily given away. It should be earned and gained. I can't trust a complete stranger who I just met because in this world, you can't trust just anybody. That stranger might be nice at first but might have underlying ill motives towards you. It is better safe than sorry. Guess my mom was right, "Don't talk to strangers." ^_^

At present we cannot trust a stranger because the world has such a drastic change. People aim to have lot of money it doesn't matter how they earns. People earn money by cheating others(rare cases). What is the need of such things ? Why the attitude of the people is like this ?

I think it is difficult to trust a stranger. Sometimes we may be cheated. I think it is indeed difficult to trust someone, even though we know him/her for many years.

It is true that we should not trust a stranger in a first time. But if he or she is a good person and if we are sure that the person is trustworthy then why not trust him. He may be close to us, be a good friend, help in many ways and so on. But we need to be carefull about trusting a stranger because as everyone said that it may be dangerous to trust anybody living in country like us. Still we all are humans and we need to creat friendly environment for everybody. So, i think we should know decide ourselves wheather to trust a stranger or not. It is not sure that a stranger must be a wrong person everytime.

I try not to judge anyone at first, I give them time so I guess you could say no I don't trust straight away, but I do give them a chance before I mistrust them and this only because of things that have happened to me in the past.

Someone once approached me, asked about my older brother but he has mixed up the details with my younger brother. I've seen him before in the place where we previously lived but I have never seen my mom or even my brother talked with him when we were still living in the place. So I told him my brother is out of the country and he was asking where we lived I just told him a place but didn't exactly mention where. I'm trying to tell him I need to go, but he's still keeps talking. Later he asked if I have money with me and told me he will give me his cellphone for any amount, just needed it because he needs to settle some bills in the hospital (hospital is just behind us). He then said he will go my house to return the money later in the evening to get his fone back. I did not bring any big amount that time, just an exact fare is with me. So I told him I don't have money and he let me go. I asked my mom about that guy and she warned me not to believe in that guy because she said he has been doing that modus to a lot of people and had also asked my mom before too. Good thing was that I really don't trust any stranger, especially those who obviously wants to fool people.

I have a story about this: My mom's friend was driving in a motorcycle one day. When he reached a curve, he was hit by a car driven by a female doctor. My mom's friend was not seriously injured but he had bruises on his face and his body. The doctor went down her car and helped my mom's friend. She introduced herself and told him that she is a doctor and would cure his wounds if they go to the hospital immediately. My mom's friend trusted the doctor because she seems to be really kind and concerned about his situation. So they went to the hospital without taking pictures of the vehicles, no evidence that its the doctor's fault not my mom's friend. When they arrived at the hospital, my mom's friend was surprised because there are a lot of police and he was being arrested. He did not know that the female doctor is a daughter of a retired general and used her power to frame him and blame everything on him. I really feel bad for my mom's friend because he was the one who got hit and yet he was being arrested just because he is an ordinary man and the one hit him has money and power. This is just one example on why we should not trust everyone we see for the first time. I am not saying that we should be suspicious on everyone's acts but just be careful on who we trust. Remember that even family members can turn their backs on you. The only person you could trust is yourself.

No, I hardly trust anyone. Nevertheless, I act with strangers as if I do trust them; I still don't know the reason why. In the recent months, I've got to doubt nearly everyone's thoughts due to a certain issue I encountered. I still, however, trust my family a lot.