First off, for those of you who are my friends, I love all of you, and I thank you for being my friends and sharing times with me. I love people, love being around people, and love making new friends. That's one of the reasons I love cosplaying so much, since I find it easier to be outgoing when I know I share interests with the people that I'm talking to. I think most of you know that I make friends very easily. I typically get along well with people because I try to see and pull out the best in everyone.

I also typically don't clash with people because although I carry very strong beliefs, I do not expect someone who holds a different belief set to behave as though they hold the same values I do. However, I do draw the line on a few things. One such thing is abortion. Killing people, especially ones who have done nothing wrong and cannot defend themselves, is wrong. The other however, is no less in my mind: Lying. I'm not talking about misinforming someone because of ignorance. I'm talking about knowingly giving false information to someone, for whatever reason. Some of you may have known me to be frank at times, and this is simply why.

The first, and foremost, quality that I look for in friends, and expect from them, is trustworthiness. I can, and try to, forgive and forget many, if not most, character flaws, because let's face it, we're all human. We're not perfect. Even if I'm disheartened for a time, I'll typically laugh and shrug it off. However, when someone intentionally violates my trust, I take that very, very seriously.

Some of you that know me well know that it is very difficult to make me angry, and even more difficult to lose my trust. But lying to me is one surefire way to do it. I'm not fun and games all the time. I like to be, but there are a few things that I can't stomach quite as easily as I would like.

The person in question I will deal with in due time. For the rest of you: please, PLEASE don't treat me this way. I love all my friends, and I want to be able to trust all of you. And I really do have a hard time being able to call someone like this my friend after it all.

It has nothing to do with the circumstances in which this all took place. As far as I'm concerned any ripples from this situation that do not have anything to do with the direct relationship between myself and this person can be rectified. However.. considering trust is what I built my relationships on, I think this one has been all but shattered.

Thanks for reading.

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