Duff,

you did the right thing, cut your losses and you are going to be much happier down the road. My son is now 24 and we spend as much time in the garage as we can. His life and mine get in the way a lot but I wont trade any of our time for a bottle of beer and arguments with those that think i am an idiot for wanting to restore an old car or put a coat of wax on one of the cars and talk about the good old days

we have good times in the garage working on our cars, he likes it and so do i.

My wife knows we are safe and sober and that's a good thing.

you are way better off without them.