Ohh boy, you bet I've tried initiating such conversations, but only with my mother.

My mother simply lets me be most of the time, and tries to think with me, instead of trying to push their own rigorous ideas down my throat, the rest of the family? Not so much.

See, there's this strange "expectation" resting on my shoulders, as I am the one solely responsible for "continuing the lineage" (😵) and "being a man" in general, but what the fuck is the latter even supposed to entail nowadays?!

It's all so complicated...

So many expectations one wants to adhere to, and sure, "do what makes you happy!" I hear the crowd chant, but what if that comes with the price of making everyone around you unhappy?