Through it all they can trust each other, wholeheartedly and forever. They can count on one another's barbs, backbiting and disgust with certainty. They can depend on the predictability of being belittled. The Bundys are a model of negative trust. Here's how you can distinguish between positive and negative trust.
Positive trust is expansive.
Negative trust is restrictive. Positive trust is open-hearted and generous. Negative trust is self-protective and punitive. Positive trust embraces differences. Negative trust abhors them.