Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive... What's the equivalent when we are old?
We get ourselves into such pickles when we are young and first learn about how much we can get away with... When we are older and wiser do we avoid the pitfalls we did when we were younger? Are we older and wiser?
I find I now make far fewer mistakes in terms of relationships, but I still make a zillion other kinds of mistakes, especially when learning in new areas.