Meeting someone new can be nerve-wracking. The possibilities, good and bad, feel endless. What if they don't laugh at your jokes? What if they're secretly a psychopath? What if you're a psychopath and they're the first person to figure it out? Well, great news: You actually make a better first impression than you think.
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Written by
Mae Rice
October 9, 2018
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