First Impressions

I am a lousy "first impressionist".
I most often end up realizing that someone I found cool and interesting at first will turn out to be somebody who can piss me off just by mere presence.

This is a proven fact for me. My first friend in college turned out to be a real pain.
My first friend at my first job, was an equal pain... and so it goes.

I do not fault all of these "firsts" - they probably are just being themselves.
Pain is relative anyway. They may be real pains for me, but they seem to work out for others.

I learned my lesson - anybody I find mildly enticing at first, I become wary of.
It is the one constant, infallible truth in my life.

I suck at first impressions.