[...gosh, he wishes he had his big brother to back him up right now] That's just the point though! We don't both have to change, or stop doing what's natural to us.

...as uncertain as I am about this, I... I want it to work. But it's not going to work as long as he'd holding back. Believe me, I get that there's a generation gap - that's putting it mildly - but I get it, I expect him to do things that, to me, seem a little weird or unusual. He can accept it from me, why can't he trust that I'll accept it of him?

I would have thought our best chance would be to try and approach this as equals... or am I just stupid for thinking so? I mean, I'm new to this myself...