Sad thing is, even knowing it at a young age might not have helped you. I caught in to it pretty early, but I still allowed myself to hope against hope and paid for it many times. Thanks be to God he sent me a girl that broke the mold.
The many “tricks and tips” would have made a _big_ difference for me.
I was not aware of all the many social cues that are out there—what I needed to do to improve my social standing—and how to figure out where I stood in various situations.
A whole new world came alive for me—a room full of people changed from a barren desert to a living jungle—that is how much I was not seeing.