I'm much more cynical than when I first got with my now ex fiance. It has helped me adapt and become more street wise instead of so trusting and guilable. I really was an easy mark for predators, and some would say that I still am because my emotions often over-rule my logic.

A line in Delores Claiborne reads: "Sometimes being a bytch is all a woman has to hold onto." I wouldn't say that I'm quite that cynical, but I can sure understand where it comes from in those who are.