I’m sharing this because I’ve worked with a lot of high-level guys, surgeons saving lives, judges, firefighters, psychologists, pilots, who ended up losing everything they built over a relationship.
Not because they weren’t smart, but because they got caught up in their head or lacked experience in this area. I don’t want that happening to you, or anyone else.
While it’s really important to stay positive and enjoy, it’s also important to understand that absolutely everything in a romantic relationship can be faked for years (or gone in a second) without you seeing it coming.
A good way to see it in action is in one of Geoffrey Rush’s masterpieces, The Best Offer. It's a deep psychological story about obsession, trust, isolation, and deception in relationships that keeps you guessing the whole time.