Margaret "Gigi" Roe, MA, LPC 

The other day I had both kids with me to purchase some toothpaste. A seemingly mundane task if not for me wanting them to decide on only one tube. He wanted the "Sponge Bob" bubble mint flavor and she the "Princess" bubble mint flavor.  I tried to explain, to no avail, that it didn't matter what picture was on the outside, it was the exact same thing on the inside. Noone was budging. We were at a standstill in aisle three. I realized that I was being just as unreasonable as they were; I couldn't expect my 3 year old to "get it", was this a battle worth choosing? (hardly), and they would use the toothpaste up way before it expired anyway. Just then Bill Murray popped into my head,"It just doesn't mattter...It just doesn't matter... It just doesn't matter" (Remember "Meatballs"?) Both tubes went into the cart and then we moved on to aisle four...

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