I knew about TRP before I started dating my now 2 year ex-ltr (few months now). I would randomly look at posts and always think "I am in a different position and she is different, it won't happen to me, there's always exceptions." Then I get burned and my world comes crashing down. The reason making this post is, for the first time I actually feel grateful for getting burned and the hurt, without it I would not be on this new journey of learning trp and self-improvement. Without the actual EXPERIENCE of getting burned, it would be 2 years later and I would likely fall into the same red flags, despite how much trp I read. Its not real until you go through it (at least for me). So cheers to learning lessons the hard way.