*nod* I can understand that. I just see it differently, since he says 'That's fine. But it's not the only way to be.' So, it doesn't read to me as 'you don't know any better', but rather, 'ok, you make your choices and I'll make mine'. I generally take people at their word, and when they seem to me to be saying 'you make your choices and I'll make mine', I think they mean it, since I mean it when I say it.