I’m The Girl Who Gives Too Many Second Chances
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I’m The Girl Who Gives Too Many Second Chances

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Actually, fool me about four more times because apparently why not.

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I’m The Girl Who Gives Too Many Second Chances
Barefoot Blonde

I can’t help it. Whenever someone messes up but then comes back saying they want to be better – that they want to do better – I can’t help but want to believe them and trust what they say.

I know with this method of constantly giving those who messed up another chance I’m bound to get burned (lol so many times already!!!), but here I am. Giving chances to those even when they don’t deserve them.

I want to believe that people mean what they say. I want to believe that people can learn from their mistakes. I want to believe that people can change.

I’ve been told that I’m naïve, gullible, and a bit stupid at times for constantly giving people the benefit of the doubt. I won’t even deny any of that. There have been a lot of times where I know I shouldn’t give someone another chance, that I should let them sleep in the bed they made, but I can’t.

I love to believe that people aren’t as bad as they seem. I can’t help but believe that someone can’t be that bad, I believe that they could never actually do something that hurtful to someone.

What’s sad about all of this is that even when I get hurt, even when I get let down, even when I hear all the “I told you so’s”, I never learn.

Maybe one day I’ll be able to cut people off when they do me wrong, but until then, I’ll be over here believing that when someone says they’ll be better, they actually will.

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