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Q. What's something you've lost?
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A. My belief in the inherent goodness of other people.
I'm one of those idealists who "learn" how wrong they were about people and become bitter.
I always thought that, since I do my very best not to take advantage of others, and since I base my decisions more on 'right' and 'wrong' then on personal gain, that others did so as well. Then I met certain people, my stepsiblings rather high among them. I was taken advantage of right and left, since I assumed we were all looking out for each other as people ought to do. I had a good reputation, since I am so consistently honest; disreputable people then pretended to be my friend so they could ride on the coattails of my good credit.
I tried to be generous; people then duped me out of money, because they always said, "Of course I'll pay you back"
I tried to give people the benefit of the doubt; if they said that the accusation someone else had made was false, I believed them if at all possible.
I still believe that, in an ideal world, people like me would be everywhere. But now I realize that in this world, people like me are considered contemptible fools. It makes me sad, and it makes me bitter.
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