The Best.

     Have you ever known someone who absolutely had to have "THE BEST" of everything? THE best television, the best dvd player, the best hand soap. I'm not kidding, I personally know a couple that claim everything they buy is "the best". It gets really old really quick. By saying I have the best of something, I'm implying you don't. I'm also assuming you care that I have the best. Chances are, you probably don't care at all.
     While you probably know someone like this, they're going to come out of the woodwork when you're going to have a kid. I've been inundated with, "You absolutely have to have this kind of bottle", or "You must get this type of book", or "Blah blah blah, must have yakkety yak yak". I mean, realistically, that's all I'm hearing at this point. Thanks for the advice, but I'm don't think I'm that guy. I don't need THE BEST. I need the functional. Whatever will do what it's supposed to do is great. I don't need to pay a bazillion dollars for a bottle that's made out of gold. I just want one that will get the liquid into the baby's mouth. That's it. As a matter of fact, I hope we don't have the best of everything. I want my daughter to be able to make do with mediocre. She needs to know that "the best" should be expected of her, but not by her. Does that make sense? I expect her to do her best, but she shouldn't expect to have the best of everything. So the next time someone tells you about "THE BEST" thing, say thanks, and let it go in one ear and out the other.