Perils of a Perfect Partner

Do you know that person who has it all together? In high school she had the schedule of work for every course copied into her planner, and she carried that planner everywhere. Even months ahead, sheknew when she was going to start and finisheach assignment, and she studied daily. If you forgot to write down the assignment or dumped coffee on your notes—or ditched class to meet your boyfriend behind the stairwell—she was the one you called to catch you up.

You had the higher IQ, but she was the...