Do you ever have fantasies? Daydreams where you think about decisions you need to make for the immediate future? About future conversations you may have with friends or potential friends and you're trying to figure out how they'll take it?
It's easy when you've known a person for a long time, say 10 years. You can joke and be pretty offensive toward that person and even over email he understands that you're just teasing him and you'd never do anything to jeopardize the respect that you have for each other. When it comes to getting to know new people, even 10 minute exchanges in person can be devastating to any kind of positive future rapport.
Do you ever think about future conversations where you might want to explain something about your past where you feel you should have been smarter and any normal person would have left or chosen option B had he known the pain that was coming? Everything you say can be misconstrued.
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