Darlin' I am closer to 40 than I am 30. Was through the married and divorce/custody ringer. Did more than enough screwing around and saw just a bit of the world and human nature at its best and worst... Am a single mother and had jobs ranging from sunday school teacher to the youngest parishoners to straight up stripper.
I CHOOSE to believe that for most men this is not only not "a pathetic cliche", but a mantra and way of looking at how they view themselves. After all, was not every man's mother ONLY A WOMAN?