I could actually see the French claiming it’s MUCH different tasting when the cow gets the fatty liver disease obly from good cognac versus the regular bottom shelf booze

Might as well just start drinking

/s

Sounds like your parents missed teaching about how to go about your life. It sucks learning that stuff later by yourself, but I’m glad you had people who believed in you and that you could put in the work to make it!

In a valley of snakes, be a cat

They have faster reflexes than snakes and can see well in the darkness, also they are adorable as heck