That there was no hope. I don't want to live without hope. I think I'll always want my Dad to be that wall between me and anything bad that could happen. Macho men have a stoic cool. Like an ancient Greek warrior, he is enduring.
Macho fathers are gentle tyrants.
Strict but fair, yielding when an indulgence is harmless. A Macho is kind-hearted, loving, and, in more private moments, tender. A Machista cries when he's drunk. He is disrespectful. A Machista is self-centered and selfish.