Heaving and gasping through a video exercise routine, I take inspiration from the instructor’s motivational pablum. “I never said this would be easy!” she shouts, and then adds: “I’ve never met an interesting person who had an easy life!” Yeah, that kind of thing works on me; I want to be an interesting person.
Not Daughter though. Overhearing, she scolds from the other room, “That’s toxic!”
Now heaving and gasping and laughing. That works on me too.
It doesn’t surprise me a bit that Daughter can make you laugh — nor that she is wise.