How many people would you vouch for?

[Jenny A]

I've been thinking about how many people in my life I truly trust. I'm talking about people that I feel I have had enough experiences with that I could vouch for them. I'm sure you know what I mean, but I'm talking about this kind of thing:

I believe that:

-They would never intentionally hurt me
-I can safely tell them anything in confidence
-I would trust them with the safety of others
-They would never betray me, even if they had the perfect opportunity and could get away with it
-If I needed them, they would do everything in their power to help me

And so on.

So the question is: how many people do you know that you would vouch for? I'm not asking people to name their vouchees of course. It can be both people you know "in real life", and online contacts.

I think I have counted 7. I know many other people who I would feel pretty confident trusting, but I just haven't had enough close contact to be able to vouch for them beyond question.

The list was fairly large until I hit the bottom criteria. Everything in their power? What does that mean? Lay down thier life for me? Bankrupt themselves? Look after me 24/7 for years? If you mean drop everything to help me in a jam, five. If it's answering yes to my first three questions, perhaps one, but I'd rather he didn't.

Drop the last criteria and the answer is over 20.