you do you

don't walk into fire, and other words of wisdom

Last week I was taking Charlie to swim lessons and we were discussing what kind of music we like. He really enjoys the fact that we both love Harry Styles and was telling me so, a conversation that soon revealed that we do not in fact like all the same songs, a shock to him. He assured me we have the same 4 favorite songs, but there is a song - DIS song Mama - that I like that he does not like. I said something about how everyone is allowed to like what they like, and that we don’t all have to like the same things. And then I asked him if he’s ever heard me say “you do you,” and does he know what it means when I say that. He said no, so I began trying to explain YOU DO YOU to a 4 year old in term a 4 year old would understand. It’s one of those things that we all just GET, but when you try to define it, it’s actually kind of difficult, APPARENTLY. Like the other day he asked me what does “usually” mean and I was like wtf well it means I don’t fucking know…and now, I dare you to try to…