The Irrational Use of SHOULD
It seems so harmless, doesn’t it? It's just an innocent, six-letter word. SHOULD. And yet many of us are using it to express handed down beliefs we haven’t fully examined. A good wife should keep the house clean. Married couples should vacation together. Men should take off their hats at the table. We say, “should” to verbalize a rule, a demand, or a command. But many times, our rules aren't reasonable or sound. Some are based on something silly or senseless. Others are ter