Today, I was watching television and someone asserted how they could tell a lot about someone the first time they met. Someone else said the same thing to me a few weeks ago. One reason I think people often come back to this idea with people they might end up being disappointed by, is that it’s (somewhat) true, but how we react to that information is usually just to ignore it, especially if we think the person we’re meeting can benefit us in some way. And as they prove more and more that we w...