Pretty much similar thoughts to me. I tell my wife, even though she does not care very much and probably doesn't listen, but I need someone to talk football with when I get home on a Saturday, that even though we look like a team that is struggling at times for results, when we click, great things happen... Like the 4-0 away at ICT, the 3-1 at home to Aberdeen and 4-2 away to Hearts are the most memorable ones right now. I think there is a lot more to come from this team this season and as for youth development it's only just begun.
Like your old man, my older brother said similar things to me, that back in the day when we lost they still had a laugh in the shed, but when we won it was fcking great!