Dear Peter,

Thank you for your reply.

Just to clear things up, the relationship that I wrote about had nothing to do with romantic love…it was just a normal “friendship”.

I do agree that the experiences that I went through in college didn’t quite match up with what I was previously taught about life. I used to believe being nice to people would always mean they’ll be nice to you in return. Apparently I was wrong, and apparently I’m having a hard time adapting my perspective to the reality  of life.

Mary