A long time ago, back when people would mass email surveys and stories to everyone on their mailing list because no one had even heard of social media yet, I read a story that stayed with me. I can’t remember who sent it to me, or the exact storyline, but essentially, it went like this: A young girl had just met the man of her dreams and was talking to her mom about it. She was dreaming about the things they would do and the life they would live, just the two of them. Her mother listened patiently then offered her daughter a little piece of advice: she counseled her…