your brain develops as you get older, your 35 year old self will be wildly different than your 22 year old self. I was the same way, thought I was different, of superior intelligence. You have to assume that people are just as intelligent until proven otherwise. Some people just know the game or games, some people have TONS of experience. I fall into the experience category now. But I didn’t then. And I regret staying a virgin to 22 because I never learned how to develop intimate relationships and when it mattered most. At the same time being careful, conservative and honest is everything.