In the spirit of reversing all advice your hear, it’s worth mentioning that a substantial portion of people genuinely are toxic once you get to know them (just look at the prevalence of abuse as an extreme yet very common example).
One’s gut instincts about someone once they open up (or you can start to get a better gauge of who they actually are) are often a pretty guide metric for whether getting close to them (or being around them at all) is a good idea.
In the spirit of reversing all advice your hear, it’s worth mentioning that a substantial portion of people genuinely are toxic once you get to know them (just look at the prevalence of abuse as an extreme yet very common example).
One’s gut instincts about someone once they open up (or you can start to get a better gauge of who they actually are) are often a pretty guide metric for whether getting close to them (or being around them at all) is a good idea.