I knowI just don't like to think of it like that because it's not the most heartening-- And I doubt it started here, because that sort of thing isn't unusual with how we he probably grew up, but it hasn't been made any better by the last few years.
I can assure you, Ella, that we were not the ones who stole away his pride. He's not drunk anymore, which is a step up, and you can't give somebody their pride they have to draw upon it themselves.
I have no desire to witness the reaction to that statement, sorry.