Robin Berl is a stay-at-home allergy mom and writer. Robin believes all dresses must have pockets and all feminism must be intersectional. Robin enjoys way too much chocolate and not enough sleep.
Critique devastates me. I never want to do anything wrong. When I believe I have done something wrong, I tend to avoid the situation or people involved indefinitely. Run somewhere where I can try again. Start from scratch.
While I laughed at her old-school idiom, once she explained the concept I knew she was right. I was making a bigger deal out of things than was necessary or appropriate; she just didn’t understand that it wasn’t a choice.