^pretty much. it's just important to know who you're dealing with, and not place unnecessary expectations on them. also, what you gain from each other is self-contained, and so if they seek to gain something else from another person, oh well. explicitly-defined relationships are more often than not shackles that prescribe how you're supposed to be, as if energy transmission obeys commandments. ultimately, real 'loyalty' will stem from a mutually-optimal exchange of value that doesn't need to be replaced or altered in any way.
quoted for accuracy
But, for a certainty, back then,
We loved so many, yet hated so much,
We hurt others and were hurt ourselves...
Yet even then, we ran like the wind,
Whilst our laughter echoed,
Under cerulean skies...