Jenna - 3

Her parents had divorced when she was only six years old.  She hated the cliches associated with being a 'child of divorce'.  The notion that she should be emotionally scarred had dogged her throughout her school and corporate careers.  She felt a need, a compulsion, to compensate - overcompensate, in fact - for what she'd lacked as a child; she needed to show everyone that she was a-ok, that she'd beaten the odds and didn't deserve that dubious descriptor 'child of divorce' and all of its negative and pathetic attributes. 

As long as she could remember she'd tried to be perfect at everything she'd done, and for the most part, she'd been successful.  She graduated Summa Cum Laude from college, missing the Valedictorian's title by a mere thousandth of a point.  (That failure bothered her for months, but eventually faded away as she amassed other more impressive accomplishments.)  She aggressively pursued employment at several top-tier advertising agencies, and wound up with a fabulous offer from the most prestigious firm in the entire state, beating out hundreds of other candidates with equally stellar grades and references.