Value of car purchase? Please, it's complicated!

You ARE his father. At 1 year old, he would have very little memories of his real father, so if he's comparing you to something, it's an image that he himself has conjured up.

I'm glad things worked out. Seems like he had a chance to do a little growing up, and realizes that life is not just a party, and that he cant keep blaming everyone else for things that happen.

Either that, or he's softening you up because he's going to tell you that you are going to be a granparents...lol.