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Trust is crucial in any close relationship. When you make plans with a friend, you have to trust that he will show up at the appointed place at the appointed time. When you make a business deal with someone, you have to trust that she will follow through with her end of the bargain. Not everyone lives up to their end of every bargain, though. What factors determine whether you will trust someone again?
Circumstances affect people's
Circumstances affect people's behavior yes but that doesn't exactly aid me in trusting someone after they violated the trust in the past. I might be fearful that if a similar or same circumstance comes up again, that person could behave the same way, even if they profess that they would not. However, noone is perfect. Its more about gathering enough information over time to get a sense of the person's character. Deciding whether or not to trust someone will take into account that person's character, past behavior, motives and interest, and many other factors.
True, the decision to trust a
True, the decision to trust a particular individual again needs to depend on the particular circumstances that led to the breach of trust. But the ability to trust again starts with the recognition that there are a lot of factors that can cause someone's behavior to change.
That is, if you treat someone's behavior as the result of fixed traits, then you will hold a grudge against them forever.
I would trust a blogger completely
who uses an LOL Cats picture for his teaser image. He would have a sense of humor, critical for my trust.
Thanks! Sometimes you just
Thanks! Sometimes you just find the perfect image that says it all...
best friend's turnaround
Have recently been, well I'd almost call it betrayed, by a best friend, whose actions to harm my family have been quite hurtful, and have seemed both premeditated & quite hypocritical.
I would have a hard time trusting him about anything again but I am still puzzled to know why he took the action he did. He seems to indicate his hand was forced, but, when quizzed, cant provide any evidence to back this up; he gets indignant & angry at me like everything that happened was ok.
Well, I dont call verbally abusing & publicly bullying my teenage children ok. He was their sporting coach.
I would like to know what changed for him to cause this turnaround in behaviour.
I trust again !
Last year my now ex wife had a affair, now the girl im dating is outta town and I know she loves me and wouldnty hurt me, but my brian was trying to say do't trust any female, well after discussing this with my girlfriend she said I need to get over that crap, so I kept telling myself that she would never hurt me , and now I havent had my brain get in way of my heart in a while . so it can happen you just have to relize you have a trust issue.
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