He reached up and tugged his ear. And I did the same.

Accepting help is its own kind of strength.

Try patting them on the back or shoulder and telling them everything is going to be fine. Lots of times when girls cry, they don't want you to fix the problem, they just want to be consoled.

Darling, you’re perfect.

Yeah, Mom, I’ll just keep telling the prince that he has absolutely no shot with me and offend him as often as I can. Great plan.

It turns out I'm absolutely terrible at staying away from you. It's a very serious problem.

It was almost comforting, this mutual acceptance of our secrets.