BTW folks, you aren’t BORN knowing how to be a man at a certain age.
Brother, HARD WON aren’t the words. Well, yeah they are :)
The number of times I did the same thing that ended badly each time before I stopped.
Each averaged between 3 and 5 times. things that should have been very obvious.
I took my ex girlfriend’s boys under my wing...two Puerto Rican kids from Brooklyn.
I tried really hard for 4 years...I reached one a little and the other not at all.
But their real dads were sick monsters.
Mine was at least great until I was 14.
Anyway, you sound wise.
Have a good day