I'll point out that it wouldn't be the same necessarily. He will never be the same although some traits might be. No telling.
What you are seeing is reality though.
My thought as I read this is that just because he doesn't do something doesn't mean you need to, nor should, change who you are. Be you.
AJ
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter" MLK Put the glass down... "Yesterday I was clever so I wanted to change the world Today I am wise, so I am changing myself."