I was about to write about how I have the harshest prerequisites for trust ever, but I’m sure there’s someone out there more anal about it. But I want to write about it anyway so oh well!
So! Kids, want to gain my trust? It’s a matter of some few easy steps:
- I have to respect you. It’s actually incredibly hard - and the fact that I just said that should scare most people off, or make them think I’m some asshole with a superiority complex. Blame the people I’m around everyday. Basically, if you’re relatively intelligent, or especially if I think you’re more intelligent, respect is kind of easy to gain. If you’re easy to get along with, then that works too. Unfortunately, most people don’t meet either of these.
- You need to prove yourself in your actions. I will never confide full trust into two-faced people. I see you chatting happily with someone, and then later you tell me how much you hate them. Why should I trust you? How do I know you won’t do the same thing to me? I can’t. It’s easier to just be hesitant with what I say.
- Ideally, confide in me. Trust is a two-way street for me. If you can’t trust, you can’t be trusted, as Ben Folds once said.
That’s about it. If you’re some stalker who likes to read this website for shits and giggles, you just got some more insight into my myriad of complexes.
People have called me retarded, strange, an asshole, hell, every insult under the sun. I can’t remember a single time I was called a liar. Honesty is the key to progress (at least, in my mind), so I make a big deal out of it.
But I also think too much about a lot of things, so yeah.
