kid: Teacher, why can't I play with that toy?
me: Because I need to fix it first. (I needed to prepare/reset it first before he could play with it)
kid: Why? Is it broken?
If it's not a toy, don't play with it.
There are just some things that people love to play with, to meddle with, to objectify it like it's a toy. You don't play with feelings. You don't mess around with relationships. It's not a toy; you can't just put it aside when you're done with it, or when you don't have any need for it anymore. Some people just need to know the difference. Kids know way more than you do.
If it's not broken, you don't have to fix it.
Some people just need to know the difference between damaged, broken and irreparable. But apparently, there is no difference. What's done is done, and even if it looks good as new, even if you hide the cracks and smudges, the damage has been done, and you can't erase that. You can never fix that. If it's not broken, you don't have to fix it, it's broken anyway.
