I think people don’t understand how private you become after being in friendships with women who had secret animosity. I never have to worry about that now because I don’t make new girlfriends but it’s a hard lesson to learn. I don’t share a thing now.
The older I get the more I understand why people say, “When you love your life, you can’t be around people who hate theirs because they’re always either complaining or comparing.”
And honestly, it isn’t always about the lessons you’ve learned. Your brain is literally just more developed, so you are a different person overall. The human brain isn’t even completely developed and matured until age 25(according to science), anyway.