I wish that when people made promises, that they’d keep them. I didn’t know it was truly that hard. I’m not niave, but I still trust people I really shouldn’t. You know that one person in your life who, no matter how mayny times they break a promise, you’ll still believe them?
Maybe you don’t, but I have a few.
Just keep your goddamned promises.
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Promises should only be made under a reasonable expectation that they can and will be kept. If you don’t feel completely certain that you both can and will keep a promise, you shouldn’t promise.
But due to the fact that most people don’t seem to think this way, or don’t seem capable of forming reasonable expectations, i tend to default to the expectation that most people will make promises they can’t or won’t keep, because they want me to believe something that my believing will somehow adjust my behavior in a way that benefits them.
I think that it’s an unjustified risk to “believe” anyone’s promises, without having extensive intimate knowledge of that person, and shows that it’s likely they will deliver anything promised, and not promise, otherwise. If you don’t know someone that well, consider their “promise” as marketing hype, until they deliver.
“Don’t get your hopes up.”