And why do they hang around? He could have come in and got D and left but he hung around talking a bit, more than usual. My mother thinks he's trying to make sure I'm not moving on and I'm here in case things don't work out in the real world. IDK

Reading the links Cadet gave me again. Things make more sense once you get further away from the BD and you start to detach.

H-44
Me-43
D9
T-13 years
M-12 years
BD-8/21/13
Sep- 11/19/13
D in process