Yo, yo, yo, thought warriors.

What is up?

Higher Learning is on.

It is I Van Lathen, Jr.

And it's me, Rachel and Lindsay.

So back to what we were talking about.

Men in friendships, we don't call each other out.

And do you think that's a positive or a negative?

It's hard to say.

Okay. Probably bad. It positive or a negative? It's hard to say. Okay.

Probably bad. It's probably a negative for us as individual men, but it's probably a positive

for the friendships and the bonds.

So you could, you could make an argument that it's a tad superficial because you're not being fully honest with your friend.

Now, this is what I will say.

Women do call each other out more or maybe bring issues to the forefront because you could say it's within our nature.

But as I've gotten older, I've learned to pick and choose my battles,

and I've also learned to accept friends as they are. But if you push me to a certain boundary,

then I'm not going to pour as much into a friendship. If I can't fully, because I don't give,

or I don't do something that I wouldn't allow that I wouldn't allow you to do to me.

So if I can't fully be myself in a friendship, then I'm going to pull back.

Because I allow my friends to check me.

I don't get mad.

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