You proceed from a false assumption: I have no ego to bruise.
In critical moments, men sometimes see exactly what they wish to see.
How many times have we come away from an argument wishing we had said and done something different?
In general, we are sort of conditioned to see a different body type as acceptable and maybe look away when the other body type arrives.
These are beautiful days. Folks ask what I'm doing. I tell them I'm doing family.
I could not deprive you of the revelation of all that you could accomplish together, of a friendship that will define you both in ways you cannot yet realize.