If only we had the experience and wisdom required

Maybe we get one shot. One chance to open the floodgates without limit. Full bore. And oh how foolishly we spend that chance. On someone we choose because of confusion around sexual desire or loneliness. If only we had the experience and wisdom required to make such a choice.

The learning that follows such a decision inevitably makes it harder for the right person to get through even if the state of readiness is much higher. Even if it that person is eminently more qualified than the person who first closed the gate.