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.
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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.
True Jerry, but it wears a bit thin when there is no reciprocation in terms of the spending time bit.
Then maybe you are not one of their friends. Sorry.
Care to elaborate? Actually I did not use the word friend.
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?
Yes, I see what you mean now, thank you for explaining.
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