Reality?

It takes a long time to truly trust someone.
There are very few people I would say I trusted with my life, and those who have managed to reach that point, did not travel on an easy road.
I don't intentionally doubt people, it is merely an approach I've followed since I was young, since i had reasons to mistrust.

They say bad things happen for a reason, and the best you can do is learn from them. Perhaps this is my form of 'learning'. Just because it is not the way in which everyone else behaves, doesn't mean I am at fault.
It is simply a way to protect myself.

So, once someone has reached the stage of 'I trust you completely', there should be no chance to be hurt by them, correct?
NO
Humans are imperfect, and you can never completely trust their word, no matter how well you think you may know them.

If that is so, then, is there even a point to give people chances, if the reality is that they are, at some point, going to let you down? To hurt you and cause this viscious cycle to begin again?


-I have no need for friendship; friendship causes pain-


Isn't there a song about this?
What am I thinking, there are probably billions of songs about this!