Great Expectations

As a rule, people for whom you have high expectations will disappoint. It sounds so cynical, but I've found it to be so true. Perhaps as a defense mechanism, I've unconsciously lowered my expectations about many people. Even then, they tend to underdeliver. Disappointment with so many makes the few who don't disappoint so much the more valuable. There are a very few people I can count on with absolutely no question. I've been married to one of them for 27 years and counting.