15 mistakes everyone made in their twenties

4. Trying To Appear Smart

In your twenties you may still have that teenage urge to make everyone like you. You’re becoming more self-assured but you still just want to be liked. This seemingly well-intentioned virtue can steer you wrong.

You are in a conversation with a really cool potential friend. You long to be approved by someone so interesting and exciting. Then they bring up a word you’ve never heard of. Is it a politician? A video game? A place in Africa? Maybe it’s a breed of cat? Either way – you’re at a loss.

You should have just asked what the word was but you’ve already nodded in agreement to the statement. So you do what any rational person would do: you momentarily excuse yourself and then run off into the night.