Elie is Dina’s best friend at pre-school. The teachers like to say he is her boyfriend, which I don’t think is necessarily off, considering the fact that Dina tells me how they play prince and princess all the time. Of course, it’s innocent enough, like my relationship with Benji Unger until his dad said something nasty to my mom about what Benji was doing or would do to me (I never quite got her to tell me exactly what it was), and her faith in the purity of childhood “romances” was crushed.
At any rate, this is all prologue. Today, Dina opted to wear her less favored gym shoes to schoo, rather than her nice mary janes. Why?
“Elie likes my gym shoes, Mommy,” said Dina. No joke. She’s actually dressing for this kid. Well, good for her. I’ll just have to explain to her that one should not build social capital by conceeding one’s position of power, but rather by using one’s power to garner favor and influence.
What would Sun Tsu say?
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“Pretend to be weak, that your enemy may grow arrogant”
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