I know I have a lot of empathy for your situation. The script that is written for both men and women yokes us both, but it is a cage that most would happily run right back into if given a choice.

You have children, take care of and love your children of course, but not because it is man thing to do, but because it is the right thing to do.

Some of the most manly men I know have acheived that status because they stike their own path, have confidence and care little what others think.

Their internal drive is strong and powerful. I guess that is the essence of a man. Well, a human actually.

In the end, that's all any of us actually are.