On the other hand, if she doesn't share, K-Mum will be sad and perhaps hungry, and K-bao might be burdened with guilt - for issues ranging from hoarding and miserliness to ungratefulness and gluttony.
In a world of scarcity, with limited visibility into the supply chain, such a choice presents a moral quandary indeed. How will our little one navigate these tricky waters?
Well, what K-bao lacks in scruples she makes up for in imagination. Want to have your cheese and eat it too? The solution lies in a combination of deft hands and artful relationship management. To wit:
1. Offer the cheese to K-Mum.
2. Before she can actually accept it, pop it into your own mouth.
3. Then, apologize profusely (her sign for "sorry" is to cover her face in shame).
4. Hopefully, this preserves the relationship - "Hey, the offer was made, it's not my fault you were slow to react"; plus, there's an apology on the back end to smooth over any hurt feelings.
5. This also deals with any lingering guilt (so long as the contrition is genuine).
Very clever. But very alarming.
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