answer:Your mother was right though. Splitting with a fork helps create those delicious nooks and crannies that attract butter! After marrying, I switched from my Mom’s way for folding socks and t-shirts to my husband’s way – both of which were simpler. I still do my Mom’s way though for good shirts and polo shirts. In a larger sense, I have recently begun dealing with problems and anxieties in a better way than I always did. When faced with a difficult or potentially problematic situation, I almost immediately try to figure out a “plan B” so that I don’t obsess about dire possibilities. If there are genuine anxieties, I try to figure out which is the main source of anxiety and push the others aside until the first is resolved. Case in point, this week I had a tooth extraction and a new router to install. I decide the course of action with the router and then that I would not think about it again until after the dental work was done.