Pony could get the feeling she was angry. He wasn't surprised, since he said their shame out loud. "It's just a question. But if you must know, the closest family member in my life was female and I tried to give her advice so she wouldn't get hurt. She never listened and she just spiraled into worse decisions. It's only been pure luck she's not found herself on the street with her children." OF course had her first husband been the bastard he was still convinced he was, he would have taken care of her at the time. He scowled more as he slowly drank.

"The other was a girl I liked, and I was gone from town for two months and she's married. Or.. getting married." He idly waved his hand. "Women should be careful around men because men can be monsters. But also I always thought of them as decent people, but even I would wait more than a couple of months before moving on if I liked someone to see if they'd return. Hell, if I had been married and she died I'd be wearing black for years." He glared at her. "But that is old fashion, isn't it? Don't even wait for someone to be in the ground or a mile out of town before forgetting them and moving on? I have a right to be bitter about it if I want to be. I don't like it."