Sometimes when I’m explaining to someone what I like about my computer, or my phone, or a particular software product, or [fill in the blank], someone feels compelled to explain to me why I’m wrong to like it. And sometimes they get very emphatic.

Of course, sometimes if someone mentions certain software product (such as a much-used word processor that my various jobs have forced me to use {and co-workers have assumed I must be an expert at} for more than twenty years) which I happen to loathe, I often get very emphatic about exactly why I loathe it. Including a long rant about a fundamental feature that has been buggy since at least the version released in 1989 (yes, really) and is still buggy in all the same ways in versions released this year. And, yes, I am a little confused as to why anyone would enjoy using the product. So I probably come across as emphatically trying to explain to them why they’re wrong to like it.

I have to remind myself that one size never fits all. Because something meets my needs doesn’t mean it will meet your needs, and vice versa.

Which means I have to let them choose what they want. And I will.

As long as they always do the same for me.