Why is it that sometimes the people closest to you are the ones who hurt you the most?  Why is it that some people claim to be your closest friends yet do the things that friends shouldn't do?

Maybe sometimes I don't want to know the truth... because sometimes the truth hurts.  Sometimes, I guess, the truth hurts more than being lied to...

Sometimes it's easier to just pretend to be a tougher person who doesn't give a shit, probably a person who doesn't have feelings or emotions at all.  One of the biggest life's lessons I have learnt is that once you show your vulnerable self, that is the time you will get hurt easily... well that's life, no matter how thick you build your shield or pretend how tough you are, there is always a vulnerable spot in you that someone will eventually find and hurt you...