Dear XenopusTex:

Your “state of apathy” is very visible to me. I “hear” it loud and clear in your writing (this thread and the Scratching head thread).

You wrote in the post before last: “I see folks who look to be happy, but I know that lots of things can be faked. People can put on good shows for others… (Women) cry to get sympathy. And, sadly the more happy/polite the person you are dealing with, the more likely it is that they are trying to screw you over.”

Do you, XenopusTex, believe you can or should ever trust any one person? Is there potentially a person who is or could be worthy of your trust… who will look happy because he/ she is happy; who will cry because he/ she is sad or scared… a person who will not try to “screw you over”?

anita