I agree that you are susceptible to story-tellers. In a sense, you sought one out while you were seeing this t, and replaced this t's (former) good judgment with that of the story-teller's.

If you disregarded her advice about your friend, what is she going to tell the next t? "Youll love working with yearning - she disregarded everything i said?" Find your own next t and try to learn from your mistakes. Im sorry if this sounds harsh, but there is SOME sense in it, i think. There is definitely caring