I'm generous (occasionally to my own detriment), I take people at their face value and so get taken sometimes. My sister once called me, with scorn, "an incurable optimist". I think we were talking about love at the time.
I value loyalty above just about all other traits. I like people who are consistently themselves. I have a few close friends I've known forever, and one or two that I have met in the last couple of years. I'd hate to lose anyone else.
I read a lot of books.