At his age (probably close to 80), what was I gonna do, change his mind? Talk him out of it?Beat an old man to a pulp? That would not feel good, or cathartic, or justified. Once you get to a certain age, you're done learning lessons. You are who you are.
Besides that, I'm a coward, and I get sick when confrontation happens. I won't deny that. Trust me, there's not a criticism that exists that you could throw at me, that I don't already think about myself. I stink as a person. I know that. My whole thing is, I'm just trying to get through life.