I'll pick him up and deposit him at home if it comes to that.
[ Maybe not, but the sentiment is there. He's inherited his mother's ability to henpeck and by golly he'll use it! ]
No, not easily. I wouldn't even say you're moving past it easily, but you are moving, and so will they.
[ He's not sure there's an alternative, honestly. ]
It's just something you've got to give people time for. It's like having some other version of you having been in the city before you came; there are going to be issues someone has or assumptions they make based on the you they knew before and it's something you have to deal with even if you know you don't deserve it.
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[ Maybe not, but the sentiment is there. He's inherited his mother's ability to henpeck and by golly he'll use it! ]
No, not easily. I wouldn't even say you're moving past it easily, but you are moving, and so will they.
[ He's not sure there's an alternative, honestly. ]
It's just something you've got to give people time for.
It's like having some other version of you having been in the city before you came; there are going to be issues someone has or assumptions they make based on the you they knew before and it's something you have to deal with even if you know you don't deserve it.