Why I have always sat in the background and am not super outgoing/people can't always be trusted

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Something I realized from the time I was a kid was that I was really no one's favorite person. People didn't hate me but I was just sort of there. My brother was always the favorite when it came to family members and teachers. I was mostly close to my mom's mom when I was really little and my dad throughout most of my childhood but most of my family has always preferred my brother. I never really let it bother me because if I'm honest I preferred being quiet and sitting in the background. Life is easier without the added drama of the added attention. I learned really early on that you can't trust people. I don't hate people I actually like to believe in the good people that still exist in the world but I also don't fully trust them either. I believe people have good in them but I also believe people like drama and enjoy pulling people down in order to build themselves up. Not everyone but it's difficult to tell who is who and the easiest way to avoid it is to sit in the background. I analyze people a lot and try to think about how the very same person who is good to someone can turn around and be horrible to someone else. It's why you can talk to two different people about someone and get two very different opinions. People are both good and bad but I prefer to avoid the bad to begin with. I don't open up easy. I'm very quiet in person and I just sort of sit and listen to people. I have a handful of people I trust. I should say I believe there are different forms of trust. I can trust that some people more than likely wouldn't hurt my child but I couldn't trust that same person to not talk bad about me. For instance, I trust that my dad would never intentionally hurt my child but I also don't trust him to actually watch him and keep an eye on him. I trust my husband with our son but I don't trust him to clean when he says he will. I know him and I know he puts everything off until the last minute and maybe do twenty minutes of work in three hours. People sometimes even mean well but you can't fully trust them to do some things. I think people who often talk about others like the drama and they like deflecting people away from themselves. In general, people often do talk about others I have been guilty of it in the past but have tried to learn from it and try to do better. The reason I'm really no one's favorite is because I am not outgoing. I don't like talking to people. I don't open myself up to others until I feel I can at least somewhat trust them. My husband and I talked for over a year before we even started going out. I have never been someone who just randomly jumps into something. I analyze a lot of things in life, especially in my life. People who think they know me really know nothing about me. I have always been quiet and stay in the background. My private life is private. I talk about some things but I don't bring up every single detail of my life. I have also found people in general not only do they like drama they start things out of nowhere. They are so invested in things that have nothing to do with them. If someone brings up something in casual conversation they find a way to force their opinions on them and then get angry that said person isn't taking their advice. It doesn't matter what someone else does it's not really your business and if it doesn't have anything to do with you why do you care so much? I am never intentionally mean but there are people who seem to think their opinion is the only one and they get so frustrated when someone doesn't agree. I've learned over the years that life is short and I just don't care enough to want to start a random argument with a stranger over something so stupid. I saw once where someone commented the short version of a story in the comments of a very long-winded article that makes you go through a ton of pages and said "you're welcome" jokingly because everyone hates dealing with those articles and someone actually started an argument about how they LIKED to read them. It was so stupid. Congrats if you like reading it but do you really need to be nasty to someone just helping those out who don't want to? If you have an opinion on here and you share some people will get huffy with you and I never understood the need to be so angry over something so silly. If you don't agree move on with your day no need to start an argument. I've learned that over time. It's not worth it to me. I'll defend myself if I'm attacked but I definitely don't go out of my way to attack others. If you want to nicely give some points on why you disagree and have a friendly debate that's one thing but most people don't do that they get mean and find a way of calling someone an idiot. It's like the whole COVID thing everyone gets so angry when it comes to vaccines. I say let people choose and leave it at that. I'm not going to argue about it unless attacked for my choice. I don't go out of my way looking for arguments like some people seem to. Just learn to live and let live I say. I can disagree with you and still like you I don't understand why that's so difficult for some people. I refuse to waste my time by being angry all the time. I find it best to just avoid people like that. Sometimes the background isn't such a bad place to be. Being the center of attention has never been something I enjoyed. If people wanted to like people better than me that was more than ok with me.