There are two phrases which really bother me: You’re only limited by your imagination and You have to have tougher skin than that. (Not far behind would be–just let it roll off your shoulders–aaah!).

The first one, “you’re only limited…” infers that you have no imagination…and is usually uttered by some Food Network cook who is showing you how to make meatloaf out of cereal.
How’s this? I’m imagining, right now, that I’m a rich socialite, married to Leonardo DiCaprio.
The second, …”tougher skin…” really gets to me…mostly because I don’t have it; and I don’t know what it means to go …read more