'It's got to be perfect.' So sang Fairground Attraction back in the 1980s. But our quest for perfection can often have more to do with ways that we and others benefit from something being ideal rather than a selfish belief that perfection is something we're owed. Your desire for something to be ideal is motivated by a need to assist at least one other person in your world. But they may not need placating to the extent you believe they do.
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