Sometimes all you need is a metaphor.

So, you seriously called me over to discuss these knives?

“Of course!”

Where’s Evan?

“He’s at work. Besides, he may be my boyfriend but you’re like my best friend. I can count on you to give me an honest opinion! I want these really expensive knives, but I can’t really afford them.”

So get something more affordable.

“But the expensive ones are so flashy and pretty and popular! My parents would be so impressed.”

Look, Emily…

“Yes?”

We’ve been friends a long time, right?

“Forever!”

And we’re really close, right?

“Oh my god, Chris, I love you!”

Really?

“Like you’re my brother! Absolutely!”

Right.

“You were saying?”

Um, I was just saying that sometimes in life you can get distracted by fancy expensive knives that you think will be great, but because they’re so flashy you might not realize that right under your nose is a set of knives like this Ginsu Knives 5-Piece Bakelite Prep Set with Natural Wood Storage Block.

“What do you mean?”

I just mean, sure, they’re not the most expensive knives. But they’re affordable. And they’re here for you now. They’ll wait patiently for you, reliably, while you dash from department store to department store looking to buy the newest, fanciest knives. And when those knives leave you, they’ll still be there. Loving you.

“So…since they’ll always be around, I should just count on them never leaving and go for the fancy knives, right?”

...Yeah. Do that, I guess.

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