Always, ALWAYS, listen to your gut feeling. Intuition is there for a reason.

When it comes to getting along with people, my intuition is almost always right. I rarely have a bad feeling about someone after first meeting them, but if I do, it means trouble.

I was in a situation once where I met a girl and always felt bad vibes from her. She was always nice and polite and everyone else loved her. Yet, my gut feeling always kept telling me there was something off. I was never able to get along with her because of my intuition. Lo and behold, about half a year later, I was right. I had been going through serious personal problems at the time and a close friend who was also involved was close to her as well and confided in her and she felt the need to gossip my business to mutual friends. What was dumb was that she told people that I was close to and those friends immediately told me afterwards that she told them my business. This was during the time immediately after I was cheating on my then-boyfriend and was repeatedly raped by him. It was no one else’s business but mine and yet she told others that I was cheating, effectively ruining my reputation in the social group. Of course she didn’t bother to mention the horrible trauma I was going through. The other person that was involved had trusted her and confided in her and she turned around and broke that trust immediately. He confronted her and she confessed that she told other people. She effectively ruined my relationship with other friends after she gossiped and I couldn’t cope with the aftermath of rape AND the sudden loss of friends. That’s pretty much when I went down the spiral of depression and closing myself off to everyone. The few friends that still kept in touch and helped me through this time are people I will always be grateful for.

Trust your intuition.