When no one seems to trust...

Philippines
January 9, 2013 5:59am CST
You were talking to a colleague on the telephone and when you said goodbye to each other, the other person forgot to hang up the phone so you end up listening to all the discussions and conversations after. But what hurts you most is the fact that they are talking about you. And they were talking negatively about you which isn't professional anymore. You thought you were close friends with strong ties but you end up knowing that they've been talking about you behind your back. And then...You end up asking yourself, you couldn't trust anyone. Can we really trust someone?
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10 responses
@vernaC (1491)
• Romania
9 Jan 13
That sounds bad, but you have to be thankful that you found out about them. We also have to accept that we're not perfect, there's always something that's not good about us and there's always someone around us that would talk about it.
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• Philippines
9 Jan 13
Hi VernaC, I am glad that this issue isnt about me. It was an issue about one of my colleague...and its really awkward around our department. And I do agree with you, he should be thankful that he found out about my other colleagues true colors. Trusting someone is really hard especially if there is a competition going around. Have a great day!
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10 Jan 13
You can trust people. In fact you can trust absolutely everyone. But the consequence is that you can get hurt. That is a possibility in every relationship. You can think about what can possibly hurt you most. It seems that people trash talking behind your back about you affects you to a certain extent. Be incredibly open and embrace everything about about a person, even their bad sides, you will see that you too will grow. By this time you will be impervious to the little things that irk you.
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• Philippines
14 Jan 13
Hi there Urlanda, I also have this trust issue with myself. I've been betrayed a lot of times with my close friends...and that's the reason why I don't really want to be close with a lot of people. It's like I learned from experience and I don't want to hurt myself. Those experience really help us grow...and in my case, I learned my lesson already and I don't want it to happen again. I am just afraid for things to come up like that. Have a good day!
@ZoeJoy (1392)
• United States
9 Jan 13
Years ago, I hurt someone very deeply by saying something I should not have said behind her back. She was in the other room and over heard it. So, now I try very careful not to say something that I should not say behind people's backs. I try to think and say positive things about people. I know people gossip and say things that they should not say. I realize that sadly, sometimes I still do, without realizing, gossip. And I do get upset with myself because I try to be careful with what I say about other people. It's sad that there isn't more trust and people are not more careful about what they say about others. The only way I have learned to deal with it, is to make sure that I am a trusted friend. I have learned to just focus on myself - to trust myself and to be a trustworthy friend to others. Be careful about what I say. And I think my friends do appreciate that I try my best to be a trusted friend.
• Philippines
14 Jan 13
Hi ZoeJoy, We really need to be very careful. And because we don't want others to get hurt, we really need to be careful not to say bad things behind their back. For me, being a friend doesn't mean you need to say just positive things to them....you also need to be honest to them if they aren't doing good things to people also...it's like, we also need to criticize them about the things that isn't appropriate anymore. Anyways, we all learn our lessons. And we can use those lessons and experience as we head on in our lives. Happy Mylotting.
@wongchoiyee (7413)
• Malaysia
9 Jan 13
This time he is talking about your other colleague, what if next time is your matters? I feel that colleagues are always colleagues, friends are different, they are here even they are busy, sometimes you can't hide but accept the truth about people in this world are divided into several categories. Sorry for you.
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• Philippines
9 Jan 13
I feel sorry to the colleague of mine. And I do agree with you, we should not categorize our colleagues as friends....because even though we are not competing against each other...still, there is this tension, like work tension. They already talked about things but I guess everything is different now. The good friendship is totally gone. Have a great day!
@alberello (4752)
• Italy
9 Jan 13
Well, there are people we can trust blindly, while there are others that the same thing can not be done. The disturbing fact, however, is that those people who talk to you behind, and therefore fall into the category of false friends, at first glance, until you do not notice, they know good disguise. For this reason it is difficult to understand what the trustworthy people and those "false" to you.
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• Philippines
9 Jan 13
Its just truly hard. You thought everyone is not against you but you end up knowing it through an accident. Its like fate is actually playing around the situation with the whole telephone issue. I am glad it wasn't me. Because if its me, I would rather not hear about it because for sure there will be gap with each one of us after the whole issue and I don't want that. Have a good day!
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@kokomo (1867)
• Philippines
9 Jan 13
Oh that's too bad. Well, at least you already knew who are true and who were not true friend. They were very careless then to be so plastic with you. We can trust someone. Just be transparent with others and do not trust too much. I mean do not submit our whole selves to anybody.
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• Philippines
9 Jan 13
Hi Kokomo, The feeling of betrayal is really hard most especially if you are close to them. You thought they were your family but you ended up knowing its not the case to them. Well, it wasn't about me but to a colleague of mine. I heard things were OK now among them but there is still this awkwardness between them because the friendship was already scarred. Have a good day!
• China
9 Jan 13
I will be bitterly disappointed as well if I meet with this situation.But you'd feel a lot better if you'd just rip into the occasional customer.Not all of our friends treat us in this way.And you should be grateful that you can know more clearly what kind of person your friend is through this matter.Cheer up and have a nice day.
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• Philippines
9 Jan 13
Hi Sunshine, This situation is actually like hitting us in the head to wake us up that almost everyone is talking bad things about you. I mean, its the fate that really made a move to let us know. I feel sorry to the colleague of mine and in my case, I would rather not hear about it and be blind and deaf since the truth actually hurt. Well, we all are different. Have a nice day!
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@Paper_Doll (2373)
• Philippines
10 Jan 13
I am very particular in choosing my friends, I would really choose those whom I can really trust. But yes, many times, we can't really distinguish which one we could trust. There's always this one who would betray us, when we're not looking. Definitely, that would really cause huge disappointment because we trusted them. I have experienced this many times. I realized that some people just love to talk about other people lives, especially the negative part. One of my friend did talk negative about me and I learned about it. I was very disappointed because she tell every people in the office about it, in her own interpretation of what was really happened. The thing is one of our colleagues questioned my faith and embarassed me in front of many people so I needed to express myself so I explained myself. He said if I am angry and I said yes. He's been doing that for quite a while and I felt humiliated. He should learn to respect other people. I didn't say much but I felt guilt because he was older than me. So immediately, I go to his office and apologized for talking to him that way. I told him I was very hurt for what he said and I am so sorry that I did raised my voice when I answered back. He said he was sorry and told me he was just joking. The thing is there are jokes that are below the belt. We have settled the issue right away, but this one colleague of mine didn't stopped talking about it. The sad part is she was the closest person I had in our office during that time. I avoid talking to her after that.
@natliegleb (5175)
• India
10 Jan 13
there are at times many a people who are quite stingy and very selfish and i also have witnessed them in the past and its so difficult to trust and get rid of them and we just need to put up with them
@MissPiggy (1748)
• Indonesia
9 Jan 13
The only person (or maybe people) you can trust the most in this world is your mother (or father, or even both). Other than that, we have to give them (and ourselves) a chance to trust each other. We must be hurt by the people we think we trust before we finally can find one person that is worth the trust. I really can understand how you felt. I, myself, was disappointed by the person whom I trusted. Apparently that she hasn't changed at all and I can't trust her anymore. What makes me feel very disappointed is that I used to help her. Oops, I have to bring that up again. It used to hurt me so much, and I know it still does, but whatever. Bad people will get the result of their bad behaviors, so I prefer to focus on the good things. That's why I think what you should do. Hang on, focus on the good thing. Prove them wrong about the bad things they say about you. And as for now, keep your distance from them.
• India
10 Jan 13
Now that must be shocking for you to know about your friend. But sooner or later we all get to know that who is real and who is faking. Its very hard to face the truth like this as you are considering some person as your best friend and in reality that person comes out to be a backstabber. Yes these type of persons kills the trust thing in you. Now if you ever want to make another friend then you will think twice before trusting the person. The persons which are straight forward and telling good or bad about you on your face are way better than these double faced ones. Anyway the positive thing here is that you now know the reality of your friend. Better luck next time.