Being naive indicates that you are making yourself believe in everything you are shown or told, and you are so desperate that you are prepared to go along with whatever your partner wants or desires.
This is never the right approach.
It is better to be trusting, and not naive.
A relationship is supposed to be fifty-fifty, as there has to be a give and take for a relationship to work.
If you were to go into it trusting blindly, giving in to your naivety, there is an imbalance in the relationship.
When you want him to open up to you so badly and see you as trustworthy, you are susceptible to taking the blame for some or all of what has caused him hurt in the past.
This is where you assume all of the guilt and wrongdoing.
You aren’t aware you are doing this.
You act as though you are cognizant of his feelings, wanting him to see that you care and can be trusted, but you don’t realize that you are excusing his behavior.
Tell him that you know where he is coming from when he is vitriolic, even though all you were trying to do was get him to do an activity with you or see you as trustworthy.