What you see, is what you get....OR is it?

I have always maintained a "I am what I am"...(and no..Not like Popeye) or like my tag line...."What you see is what you get" attitude...Always, always ALWAYS. Ask anyone that has known me, for longer than a minute..They will tell you. I try not to falter from that...But I am not perfect...There!! I admit to that as well. *smile* Who knew I had it in me huh? *smile*
Until recently...I felt I was an open book and anything that I did keep to myself..I felt justified....I really did. But where I made my error, was expecting that everyone should give me the same in return.....An open book policy...A typical 'give and take' relationship....With friends, co workers...Interests, Loves....."In likes". I expected it. And I received it. But I didn't return it. Not always anyway and not to whom it really matters. And it bothers me..That I did that. It truly does..I know how I would feel on the receiving end of that..(been there ...Done that...And it is not a good place to be) I wouldn't like it. I would *hate* it. Nobody deserves to be the "giver" all the time and get nothing in return. Nobody. However, in my thought process..I was protecting my own and it is hard to sway away, or see someone else's point of view... When at the time...Your own decisions, that you made and thought, you had made a firm, solid decision was the correct one...Only to find out that you were only taking in to consideration your own feelings..And not the person on the receiving end of it. It is not fair..And I do apologize. I would change the way that things went down, if given the opportunity.