Originally Posted by
Gigabitch
You know who is really going to benefit from you untying the apron strings? Kyle's future girlfriends and someday, his wife.
I was just thinking this. And Squirrley, I know that parental Guilt Boot stomps down on us pretty hard but know what? YOU were there for him, did the best you could. If anyone failed it was his absent father, not you.
It may take Kyle years to figure this out, maybe not until he has kids of his own, but I'm sure he'll get there eventually. But its his path to walk, however much you'd like to do it for him.