Alicia Keys look alike?

Hmmm...I'm thinking not so much. I wish I was a Alicia Keys look a like, but I'm wondering what my Ugandan friends were drinking. One thing I don't think I will ever get used to here, are some of the hidden motives some people may have. I have a really hard time understanding why someone would ever want to be my friend besides for enjoying my company.
But I am continually reminded that people here see white people as a resource first and friend second....sometimes. But I think I will remain naive to an extent, I really hate making generalizations, because I have also already made some very genuine relationships as well. But the reason I say this is because of some of the interesting relationships and interactions I have already had with a few individuals. There is this woman named Topi who I always have a lot of fun dancing with whenever I go out, but when I just met her for a beer I found myself buying a round for five and getting questions such as, "does your organization pay you to be here, or how did you buy or ticket? We should some visit you in America, do you have a boyfriend? You should meet my brother." And that's all good and fine, I understand their curiosity, but I also realize that my color also may give them a false perception of what they could gain from my friendship.
Take for example Topi's brother, who I did meet. He just spent the last hour confessing his love for me. "No, you are just infatuated, you could not possibly love me. You do not know me, you just met me an hour ago." And his indestructible response," You have no consideration for my feelings when I tell you how much I love you. I do not assume you have any more money than I do, I love you because of how beautiful you are and I can tell you are a good woman. I am absolutely not just infatuated with you. But you do look just like Alicia Keys." Hmmmmm......all I could think of saying was "thank you, but I'm really only interested in making friends while I'm here." But when the table of five Ugandans were telling me I look like Alicia Keys, can't say I wasn't a little flattered as much as I was flabbergasted.
I have been making quite a few friends already and I think the people in the house may get a little worried I may be too trusting. However, naive I may be, careful I remain. The reason I am even writing about this is because I kind of need to vent about this dilemma I face. It really bothers me that I can't trust the people I befriend, because often there are hidden agendas. So how do you know who to trust? I guess you just listen to your gut and learn from trial and error. Another example, which I love, came today in the form of a mysterious letter. The mother of the family that lives behind us got a note today to deliver to Luke which said, "Dear my best friends how are you and how is life please. I want to inform you that I want to your best friend and we are brothers and sister God says love one another may God bless you. Please answer for me the phone please (number) my name is Sumay and please answer my message. From Sumay to my best friends." My instant reaction was "how sweet!!! Lets invite her to dinner." Then I realized, at about the same time my roomies snapped me back to reality, "Jaime, we can't just let anyone into our house that is nice to us, that is how our neighbors were robbed." ohhh wow. Duh. But definitely some food for thought; I see every relationship that I touch as something to learn from, whether it be good or bad it is always something interesting and something to learn from. You just hope the relationship never ends up being too bad.