As a kid, I’d hear, “This is going to hurt you worse than it hurts me,” just before getting my rearward region spanked into next week. Whenever I used to hear this phrase — which was shockingly regular — I used to think, “Then why do it?” I mean, can’t we spare some pain for both of us by overlooking that little melted crayon in the Easy Bake Oven?
Well, it didn’t work that way. I found that out when I had children. It was one of those “upside-down truths” that you appreciate with age.