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You are right Spidey you should never trust anyone on social media. I admit in my early years I was also caught out a few times never sent off any money though,because I am just to tight to release cash.
But I like to think as I got older I have mastered it and can spot a bad one and yes there is the odd bad one or two on here that I don't believe I suppose every forum as them.
I am not one to get all boiled up over it these days as I used to.
Live and let live if they get their kicks out of fibbing or exaggerating then let them.
My gran always used to say if you tell one fib you have to tell another to cover the first and so it never ends and you also need a good memory.
Something I have not got these days.
What you see with my occasional posts is what I am.
I try not to get in anyones face unlike some.
Life is to short.

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Yes, sadly, I have learned the hard way not to trust as well.
I didn't want my faith in humans to be broken, as I like to help if I can, but I was a fool once and have learned from it.
It's a pity in a way, because I liked to trust, and now I don't, not in the same way.

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😂 I never trust women with hairy legs, especially if they have eight.

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I never understand how liars can remember what they've said, brutal honesty you don't need a good memory, so that's what you get from me. Must be hard work telling lies.

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I'm another benefit of the doubt person, but I would never go so far as sending money to anyone I don't know in the flesh, who I can speak to in person. That's just stupid isn't it?

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In a word..YES.

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Excellent question Tara, but unfortunately there are many forms of 'trust'...
Trusting someone to tell the truth on a forum, trusting someone with your darkest secrets, trusting someone with your hard earned nest egg, trusting someone with your daughter or wife, and trusting someone with your life....

I'm very sorry to hear of your previous experiences Tara, but one should know how far to go with trust in each category. I can't speak for any other forums because I only inhabit this one, but I can't for the life of me think of anyone on here who I don't believe or trust. I would never send any money to anybody, end of.

As for me, I'm an open book, and I am what you read and see, I see no reason to make stuff up, because I cling on to the notion that one day I might have the good fortune to meet several members. There are many on here who have the same interests as me, and it would be wonderful to meet up sometime and exchange views, or just sort out the world together......

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I err on the side of caution. I'm normally a good judge of character and am not usually taken in by hard luck stories.

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Trust is a risky business.

I know I'm cynical because I always expect the worst of someone, so don't trust them and have found that is invariably right ... it avoids disappointment at a future date.

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I never trust men with pale blue sparkly eyes