When do you trust a person?
@beyondcomparison (115)
Philippines
February 26, 2007 5:26pm CST
It's always hard to trust someone especially if you have just met. If your first impression of the person is negative, more often than not, you don't seem to trust that person right away, do you?
As to my case, if the person becomes my friend, i won't trust him or her right away fully. Maybe, just a little trust that I would tell him or her few info about myself. Of course, that's how you get to know a person right? Eventually, if I could feel comfortable with that person, that's the time when by and by, I could share with them my book of life. How about you? Do you easily trust a person on the day you first met?
2 responses
@teison2 (5921)
• Norway
26 Feb 07
I never tell someone my whole life story the first week of knowing them. i think sharing your story is something to be done gradually, as it becomes natural to tell things. i always think it strange when strangers start telling me everything about themselves when we first meet.
Do I trust them? I do not think trust and sharing necessarily go together. I trust, as opposed to distrust, everyone until they have proven themselvs not trustworthy.
@Rainynight24 (9)
• United States
26 Feb 07
Trust is something that is earned. Sure we give people the benefit of the doubt but if you have a bad feeling about this person then listen to your intuition. Trust is something you give someone and don't give it until your ready. If someone is pressuring you to trust then run very fast in the other direction. A friendship takes time and energy to nurture. It does not bloom overnight.
