Assumptions. Everybody makes them about everything. For the most part they’re harmless, but sometimes they’re not. When people start assuming what other people are thinking or feeling, trouble starts. Actions do not necessitate thoughts or feelings. Quite the opposite a lot of the time, I’d say. A lot of the time people want to say things they find more acceptable to others, then how the truly feel. We are afraid of the reaction we’ll get from other people. When telling the truth from the beginning would probably have been for the best. Of course, how do you know you’re not making assumptions about yourself?