The few people I've become attached to eventually reject me, no matter what I do. I can never be perfect, and that is what people (unreasonably) seem to expect despite being quite imperfect themselves. It's so ironic.

I've given up looking for acceptance, understanding, or true love whether from friends or a partner. I don't try to get close or allow anyone to know me past my surface levels anymore. Certainly I don't tell them anything they can use against me. Vulnerability is foolishness because no one can be trusted not to abuse it.