Heya Spunky,
I fall into the expectations trap sometimes. I think it's human nature to expect people to act in certain ways in certain situations. The problem is, they usually don't act in the way we are expecting them too.
I spent a lot of years expecting people to treat me like I treated them.
Bad move, since I was surrounded by self-absorbed people.
I'm better off when I expect nothing. Then anything I get is icing on the cake.
I don't know if that's setting my expectations too low, and it could just be a defense mechanism.
As in if you expect nothing, and nothing comes your way, you aren't disappointed.
Alrighty then, now you've got me thinking.
I'm glad you had a nice birthday celebration with your friends.
Hugs,
Gabe