“What are you doing, man?” he said. “Why did you tell your wife?” “Dude, I had to be honest. I had to be real.” “Man, never,” he said. “What is your problem? That’s man code, brother. You don’t tell.” “Well, if that’s man code, I’m not a man, then, because I’m not living that way anymore,” I said. “I can’t do it. How could I be a man if I lived that way?”
