The Referral Program
I’ve been a bit on the fringes in high school, a well-liked nerd. I’ve ended up as part of a great circle of friends, and honestly friends with most of them, but always more of a quiet presence than one of the people driving the action. I hung out with some of the hottest girls in school, and they liked me very well—as a friend. I was the safe guy, the good guy, the one they could always talk to . . . including about the guys they were dating, or wanted to be dating. Since some of those guys...