He offers a sympathetic shrug. "Sure, I get it. Sometimes you gotta be optimistic about these things." He'll consider himself very good counsel, but you spend enough time around hyper-dramatic teenagers and get used to being privy to these kinds of conversations.

He smiles a fond, but somewhat guilty smile. "Darlin' if there's a mistake to be made in a relationship, I done made it somewhere along the way," he assures.