But what can I do after past experiences, right? Everyone becomes smarter, less naive, and more careful over time but, sometimes, I hate how guarded I’ve become, how faithless I’ve grown to be. I’m not bitter over anything thats happened in my past, I just have incredibly…low expectations when meeting/dating people now. And it makes me sad to know that my heart automatically expects people to fall short of a meaningful relationship as opposed to at least giving it a chance.