For myself, at 19 I stubbornly believed that my judgement was the best judgement. I felt the same way at 16, too. I had to get to about 25 or 26 to realize that I was mostly a hormonal idiot. Every 10 years I look back and go "huh, that was naive".
I just hope all of this works out for the OP. As a father of a daughter, it feels scary, but my fear doesn't help anyone.
To me it just says "I don't like it" without having to engage in the conversation. This isn't a conversation where anything anybody says is going to change anything anyways.
When your toddler throws a tantrum the best thing to do is to give them a loving pat and ignore them. You can always come back when they've moved through their big feelings and are ready to be a part of the family again.
I have never been more disenfranchised by our "proud nation" than I am now, knowing that the harmony of the treaties I was taught in the 90s as a child were outright lies. Propaganda to keep compassion out of the way
Right, the Texas tattoo would be my first priority, too 😅