Wanting to believe in people, then seeing them fail in life.

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You want to see the good in them, you really do. But something in them changes. They no longer act the same. Perhaps they start doing drugs or some other bad habit? Whatever is the cause, they start going downhill. Fast. They aren't the person you once knew anymore, or maybe you had them wrong from the beginning and they finally decided to show their true colors? You might never know the true answer to that question. Maybe you'll always wonder.

Eventually, you aren't friends with them anymore. How could you be? Now all you have is a distant memory of what they used to be and the relationship you used to have with them. They had such potential. They were someone you could believe in. Someone who inspires others. A beautiful human being. Someone who makes you see the good in life. No more...

Have you believed in someone and been let down before? Who was it, and how is it that they changed?

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  • [Old Memory]
    9 years ago | pl

    I've seen many people ruin their lives. I've seen a few get their shit together, but way more people who have ruined their lives.

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  • (.)(.)boobies
    9 years ago | pl

    Good question. I've known some quality individuals who had a tendency to push their friends away from them, and it was sad to watch that happen. All I wanted to do is bake them some cookies and tell them I care, but some people don't want that.

    I'm squirming thinking about the times I've let people down. Like when I went through a period of depression after some nasty family issues. I lost myself for a while there and it took me a long time to recover. But it's times like that when you find out who your real friends are because they never give up on you.

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  • DaMan
    9 years ago | pl

    If someone is doing What They Want To Do, and are HAPPY, i see no failings or "ruins".
    Also, who can you "believe in" and see fail...more than yourself? Its easy to say the crackhead on the corner is failing, but you've probably come up short, and failed yourself just as much as he has........and the difference was, you lived every experience you had in which you failed yourself.

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  • mountain-man82
    9 years ago | pl

    My last ex, thought she was the most amazing woman. Then she just changed and was no longer that sweet loving and caring woman.

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  • [Old Memory]
    9 years ago | pl

    Yeah..he died a couple years ago. He was a piece of shit when looking back in retrospect.

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