" You’re not helping,” I say.

“How about this: You can’t control how she reacts, but you can control what you do. So you do you. Be your best and hope for the best.”

“I am paying you forty dollars an hour, and all you can come up with is you do you?” I ask.

“Your parents are paying me, smart-ass.”

“Fair enough,” I say, because it’s true. They are. "

― Julie Buxbaum , What to Say Next