Why weren’t the Starks more careful around the Boltons? I understand that Robb needed their men but both he and Cat were cautious around Roose, which must mean that Ned taught them about their Bad Neighbors of lore. You’d think that the Kings of Winter over the ages would have worked to bring the Red King’s decedents closer over the ages, fostering/weddings and the like, right?

Well, when Rogar Bolton bent the knee to the Starks, he sent his sons to Winterfell as hostages, so there’s that.

As for why not more careful, the Boltons have been loyal for a thousand years. Yes, they rebelled against the Starks in the past, but we’re talking the capital-p Past,  

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