Re: Jazz!
"Well - it's not like we could even discuss Vinnie and Thomas on the same day, but here's an example. Vinnie smokes, not many a day and he's trying to quit," Emily began explaining. "Of course it's easy for me to encourage him to quit entirely because it smells bad and tastes even worse - that's the selfish part - but at the same time smoking is, as we know, bad for him. I'm doing him a favor by supporting and encouraging him to quit, even if my main motivation is just to make snuggling him even nicer. Do you see what I'm saying? Thomas isn't doing himself or anyone a service by being a narcissistic jerk, so if you hone his edges a little, so to speak, it's not exactly selfish of you."