Anthony DeVito

And then the principal was like, hey, this isn't good, but he is twice your size and you didn't back down.

And that he literally said to me, I bet your dad is proud.

And you go, well, funny thing about my dad.

Uh, she wasn't, she was proud because same thing.

Like it's this like Jersey, like sort of mindset of like she, and I think one of her worries is that, and like, you know, I am a soft guy, but one of her worries was along the way without a father, it was all women in my household.

So it's like my mom, my grandma, my great grandma, my aunt.

Yeah.

So she was worried that I would be kind of like a little bit like a... A pussy.

Yeah, a pussy.

So she was happy in that moment that I wasn't and I stuck up for myself.

Well, we actually, yeah, we ended up like middle school, we would rollerblade together.

And then, you know, high school, we drifted ways.

And he, as an adult, went to jail for stabbing someone.

So I know it's like pretty good.

Damn, you got that in at the right time before he learned about weapons.

And there's a folder in my phone called sunsets.

That it, it, she, um, um, uh, sort of a moment forced her hand.

Cause I, and like you're saying about being raised by all women or without that, you do develop an emotional intelligence and a sensitivity.

Yeah.

So with my mom, it felt like, and she was always very cheerful as a person, but whenever my dad would come up, there seemed to be a sadness that would come over her.