We expect the rest of the world to be the kind of friends we would be in return. We think, naively, that other people’s intentions are as pure as our own. We are oblivious to hidden agendas or manipulation. It is our biggest weakness—we can’t see another’s perspective, so we cannot imagine they would want to hurt us, when all we want is to be friends. And over and over, we are brokenhearted when our false friends show their true colors.
