We're never so vulnerable than when we trust someone...

...but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy." - Walter Anderson

How important is trust in a relationship? How deeply should you trust and have faith? Where do you draw the line? When can one exercise trust but still make another aware of unacceptable actions? When can you forgive and forget and when you should fight, both while trusting and after trust is lost and the truth is out?

The theme of this blog is again founded on events in the lives of others, such as those in the media and people I know, as well as my own personal experiences.

For a more large scale example:

Affairs. Adultery. We know they happen. And it seems often, looking back, the victim often admits they suspected. That they knew. But again, it all draws into trust. Did it happen because they were too trusting? When they felt trust was compromised, should it have been discussed? Was trust compromised before the actual affair or once it began.

It's a tough situation and there seems to be not absolute answer, but it all lies in trust.

On a similar and equally complicated note:
When a couple is merely dating (or have an understanding much like dating), at what level are friendships with the opposite, (or even same for homosexual or bisexual couples) acceptable? How should ex's be treated? When do you trust someone with their ex and when do you admit that maybe the relationship is too comfortable?

Then comes confrontation. How do you address it? When can it be acceptably written off as jealousy? How do you have a calm, normal, understanding conversation? Or is that even possible?

Love is trust. And I'm not sure how to handle it. Maybe I'm too trusting, or not trusting enough. But I'm tired of having my heart broken.

I only wish I could abide by Shakespeare, but even that is difficult: "Love all, trust few"