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Originally posted by Chris Crossland I did an ocular pat down and cleared him for passage.

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Originally posted by sparklefish *nods* I agree - at some point in our lives we are all going to be fucked over whether we are super open to others or super closed - it is inevitable. So might as well be open however not naive so you can be open to all of the good stuff too that you will miss out on if you are so closed?

Pretty muuch this. Putting up defenses keeps out the good as well as the bad. Just learn to deal with getting hurt, and how to spot scumbags, but leave yourself open to all the good shit.

Which is better, expecting everyone to screw you over and live your life cut off from people, or leave yourself open and occasionally get nailed? I'd much rather the latter.

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Originally posted by sparklefish *nods* I agree - at some point in our lives we are all going to be fucked over whether we are super open to others or super closed - it is inevitable. So might as well be open however not naive so you can be open to all of the good stuff too that you will miss out on if you are so closed?

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Originally posted by WittyHandle Pretty muuch this. Putting up defenses keeps out the good as well as the bad. Just learn to deal with getting hurt, and how to spot scumbags, but leave yourself open to all the good shit. Which is better, expecting everyone to screw you over and live your life cut off from people, or leave yourself open and occasionally get nailed? I'd much rather the latter.

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