“But she would never lie to me,” said Dee when Paul told her something about her friend, Zee. Paul couldn't say anything about that. It seemed Dee was enjoyed the friendship that she had with Zee very much. Actually it was a strange friendship they had, at least in from Paul's eyes. Zee was younger and treated Dee liked her own mom. Well, actually she acted like a spoiled little daughter.
“She always tells me things and she would never keep any secret from me,” Dee said. Later, she told Paul about various “sad stories” of Zee. So, what was the problem? The problem was Paul, Dee and Zee were online friends. Dee was making a group in Facebook. Zee was making problems to some of her online friends. And those friends wanted Dee to remove her from the group. Paul told Dee, but Dee refused to believe. Dee was a nice woman, but Paul concerned to her since he noticed that she was changed after she “hangout” with some “new friends.” Paul lost contacts with Dee for several months, but later he found out that Dee cut her relationship with most of her friends and only kept her relationship with these “new friends”. But sadly, Paul knew that those "new friends" were not the good ones to keep.
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“Some people told me something about you. You know what? I don't know you anymore. I wonder that what you said to me all were true,” told Sophie suddenly after she had chatted with Tommy. Tommy actually not really surprised with this since he used to deal with this kind of problem.
“Who were they who told you things about me? What did they say about me? What proofs did they give you?” it was Tommy turned and he bombarded Sophie with questions.
“I promised not to tell their names to you,” wrote Sophie. But she also didn't share any proofs to Tommy nor told him about what those people told her.
These situations I think are something that we can find in our daily lives. Not only in virtual life, but also in our real live. It seems that each friend has different things to tell about others. And, other people will say to you different things as well. Some people feel confused whenever they experience these kinds of problems, they don't know which side of stories they should trust. While some other people decide to believe and trust one side. The question is are their trusts blind?
Isn't it sad that we believe people blindly and ignore the fact that even the closest ones could lie? In other hands, to be a person who always skeptic is not right. The loneliness is definitely the path that the skeptical person will go through.
This topic is a delicate topic, but I always wonder about the answer. There are many stories about trust, loyalty and friendship and I see many problems happen from these things.
So, the same questions are also for you: is your trust blind? Will you close your eyes to the possibility that the dear ones could just betray you? If the closest ones could hurt you, then what do you think of strangers?
Comments
Hi Pearl and Barbare
I agree in some points of your comments. Thanks for your comments.
I see. But our virtual friends can also judge us as well. Sometimes their judgments can be more cruel as we know it seems some people dare to say anything online things they don't have courage to say in real world.
Sometimes it's easier to 'trust' strangers with our stories because we think that they will not judge us, or have preconception of us. Sometimes we think the 'real' people around us will judge and comment every moves we make, our words we utter, every actions we take. It's not that we trust easily, it's just that we don't want to be judged constantly. That's why I think some people found it easier to 'trust' complete strangers or virtual friends.