Thursday 30 July 2009

Other people

It seems to me that people only want you if they want something from you e.g. money/legal advice/shoulder to cry on/mentoring etc. When they don't need anything they don't bother, they don't want to know.
I'm sick of it. My expectations of people are low, I now have no expectations. I will take it as it comes without hope of anything more.

6 comments:

Jerry Critter said...

One could consider "no expectations" as part of the definition of a friend. You accept a friend, flaws and all, and enjoy their company without expectations.

Dreamer said...

True Jerry, but it wears a bit thin when there is no reciprocation in terms of the spending time bit.

Jerry Critter said...

Then maybe you are not one of their friends. Sorry.

Dreamer said...

Care to elaborate? Actually I did not use the word friend.

Jerry Critter said...

I am the one that brought up the word "friend". Your original post implied, to me at least, that having no expectations was even worst than having low expectations of people. I brought friends into it because I think "real friends" don't have expectations of each other. You just share common interests and respect for each other.

When you said "it wears a bit thin when there is no reciprocation in terms of the spending time bit", I meant to suggest that maybe they do not consider you a "real friend" because they are not willing to make the time for you. You may think them as a friend, but they may not think of you in the same way.

Does this help?

Dreamer said...

Yes, I see what you mean now, thank you for explaining.