He said that the real “scandal” of Putin’s war is “NATO barking at Russia’s door,” which he said caused the Kremlin to “react badly and unleash the conflict.” But the meeting would not exactly be to condemn Putin, based on what he told the paper.
“I feel that before going to Kyiv, I must go to Moscow,” he told Corriere Della Sera in an interview that ran Tuesday. But now he says he would prefer to go to Moscow to try to talk some sense into Vladimir Putin, who he has not outwardly condemned in the now nearly three-month-old war and only did so lightly in a lengthy interview with an Italian newspaper. ROME-Since the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Pope Francis has floated the idea that he wants to take a trip to Kyiv to try to broker a ceasefire. This is probably two cent armchair therapist stuff, but I'm sure I was creating some sort of affection or acceptance from a male tribe that maybe other men got from a father or grandfather. and were very secure and masculine in a relaxed, unforced way. But I chased older men, especially affectionate ones who would tousle my hair, hold me, etc. I don't want to confuse this with any "daddy" kink because what I'm asking isn't much about sex.
Or more to the point: if you grew up with an "old school" father who was very stoic and unemotional, as I did, do you think some of your "wiring" as a gay man is about getting affection from another man that is a sort of stand in for a daddy type figure? Which seems like it's probably total BS, but I wonder, especially for older gay men - do you think any of that is true?
It used to be said that gay men were often the product of a strong mother figure and an absent father. This is not a thread about hot older men or any kind of "daddy" scene.