You could say that the Naked Eyes had it in their 1983 song "Promises, Promises" with lyrics that went, "You made me promises, promises, Knowing I'd believe, Promises, promises, You knew you'd never keep."

The naked truth is that making promises is easy. What's more difficult is fulfilling those promises. It can be very revealing to see who does and doesn't keep their word. That's why it's important to follow one key thing in any personal or professional relationship: people's follow-through on things. Repeatedly failing to follow through on promises can take the "t" out of the trust in the relationship and leave nothing but rust.

Frequently, people may have no real idea of what it would take to do what they say they would do. Someone may agree to take care of you while you are sick and then realize, "Oh, wait, this is harder than I thought, as this actually requires some........

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