People will always eventually tell you who they are. It’s as if they’re compelled to do so. They’ll tell you in their own words, especially when it comes to their shortcomings. All you have to do is listen closely. I had an old girlfriend tell me “You know, I get very jealous”.  I found out later that she was being truthful when she said that. I wish I had taken her warning more seriously and not dismissed it with other warnings she had offered. “When I get mad, I really get mad”, she said. She would get so mad that she would commit physical attacks against me and others, mostly over jealousy. Again, I wish I had headed the warning. Maybe we all would have practiced our dodging maneuvers more. She liked to throw things when she was mad. I said to a friend once that I’d share a lifeboat with him anytime. He said laughingly that if we shared a lifeboat he would end up taking all my stuff. He wasn’t lying! Even...(Read Full Post)