Treat you better?
Oct 10, 2026 · 3 min · 3 segments
There's a Shawn Mendes song that always makes me smile. Not because of the music, but because of one particular line. And every time, I come back to the same question. **Surely you've got…
Oct 10, 2026 · 3 min · 3 segments
There's a Shawn Mendes song that always makes me smile. Not because of the music, but because of one particular line. And every time, I come back to the same question. **Surely you've got…
Because we do that in the life, don't we? We compare things.
The car, this car or that car.
Better a house, a dress.
Is this one better than that one? And sometimes that's perfectly reasonable because we don't have unlimited time to search the absolute best of everything, right? And what is best anyway? It's different for everyone.
But when it comes to people, Especially when you're trying to convince someone to be with you.
Surely the argument has to be something more than, well, I'm better than the current option you have.
I mean, that's a very low bar to set for yourself.
And here's one thing.
I'm not even saying that you have to be the best person in this world.
Who can promise that? I know, it's just a song.
It's a perfectly good song.
People love it.
And here I am, probably the only person conducting a detailed evaluation of a romantic argument while working in a physio clinic.
Can't help it.
No.
Every time the line comes and I go again.
Really? Better than him? I'm sure you've got something better than that.
Because we do that in the life, don't we? We compare things.
The car, this car or that car.
Better a house, a dress.
Is this one better than that one? And sometimes that's perfectly reasonable because we don't have unlimited time to search the absolute best of everything, right? And what is best anyway? It's different for everyone.
But when it comes to people, Especially when you're trying to convince someone to be with you.
Surely the argument has to be something more than, well, I'm better than the current option you have.
I mean, that's a very low bar to set for yourself.
And here's one thing.
I'm not even saying that you have to be the best person in this world.
Who can promise that? I know, it's just a song.
It's a perfectly good song.
People love it.
And here I am, probably the only person conducting a detailed evaluation of a romantic argument while working in a physio clinic.
Can't help it.
No.
Every time the line comes and I go again.
Really? Better than him? I'm sure you've got something better than that.
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