It’s not a mistake to make a mistake, but it is a mistake to repeat the same mistake.
Elders are wiser, so we’ve been told. So we ask them what they did for our first birthday party, they tell us, “Honey, that was years ago. I don’t remember what we did.” So we turn to our friends with kids. After all, they should remember. They have five. “It’s all one big blur,” they tell us.