Follow Your Gut

I consider myself to be an honest, loyal person. I don't have a deceitful bone in my body. I do have trust issues that stem back to childhood that I'm still working on, so when I meet new people I do have my guard up, but those who earn my trust are generally good people. Those who don't earn my trust, the guard goes up. I just can't bring myself to waste precious time to let them gain it when I feel trust should be automatic with someone with good intentions. A friend recently gave me some advice. She told me I should hear someone out that I was feeling leery about, and then watch their actions afterwards, so I did. I liked what I heard, but after their words reassured me that this person had good intentions I admittedly let my guard down. Weeks went by and I started to notice their actions were not in tune with their words.

I rarely have a gut reaction to day to day decisions. I mostly get a gut reaction when it comes to people, and this was physically making me uneasy. I basically think if someone wants to be a part of your life, they will make an effort to do so. No excuses, you prioritize someone that is important to you. I just feel as though it will never get to a serious relationship if you are constantly having to get reacquainted. Maybe this is what this person wants, something casual until they find something better, and I don't want to be someones option. I also don't want to be one of those insecure people that constantly needs to be reassured that they are wanted. This pretty much goes for friendships too. Follow your gut, it's trying to tell you something,