Vanity, Thy Name is Chocolate Chip Cookies

"Nikki makes the best cookies!"

This is proclaimed as my son is going for seconds on the ones I've just baked. Nikki is his best friend Charlie's mom.

"What!?! She makes better cookies than me?"

"Yes."

"Are they chocolate chip?"

"Yes."

"Are they made from scratch?"

"Yep."

"So...what you're saying is you like Nikki's cookies better than mine?"

"Yep. They're crispier."

"Mine are crispy AND chewy!"

"Yeah, but hers are crispier."

"But that isn't what makes a good chocolate chip cookie. It's having the perfect combination between crispy and chewy. So...you think Nikki's cookies are better than mine?...Huh...I bet she uses milk chocolate chips instead of dark, right?"

"Yeah."

"Well...that's why you like them better...So you really think her cookies are better?"

"I'm just saying! They are a little bit better."

"A little bit? But you said they were the BEST."

"I'm just SAYING!"

Hrmph.

A few minutes later:

"I think the reason I thought Nikki's cookies were better is because I had them with milk...Yeah. That's probably why."

"Yeah...probably."

A few minutes later:

"Actually, Mom, I think your cookies are about equal."

MY COOKIES RULE!