I have this funny, perverse mental habit. When someone tells me, “You HAVE to watch X. You will LOVE X,” I immediately find myself averse to ever looking at such a thing.
My mother is a very smart woman.
She now precedes all recommendations with, “So – you will HATE this. You don’t want to watch/read/listen to it.” For some reason, this actually works.
Funny little thing, brains.
Funny thing, mothers!
I hope you had a nice visit.
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