Settle:           1. to reslove or reach an agreement about something           2. to begin to feel comfortable or established in a new situation Settle down:            1. to begin to live a quiet and steady life by getting a regular job, getting married, etc.            2. to get married or c

He's my mother's husband, but I'd never seen him as a father. He never had the opportunity to view me as a daughter, either; thus, we started out as friends, and we let the years go by as friends, proceeding down a straight line of moral rightness until one drunken kiss rewrote too much to turn back.