lui forse più maturo e io più uomo

Italian to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature Relationship-based biography

This is describing the events of and those leading to the eventual reconciliation between father and son, following many years of hostility between the two.

"Doveva andare così, non ci saremmo mai capiti in nessuna altra maniera finché sfiniti e maturati non avremmo messo da parte angoli dai nostri caratteri per poi abbracciarci in mezzo a una strada, lui forse più maturo e io più uomo. Mi manca."

I am unsure whether i will tag this last bit of the sentence onto the previous part, or whether I will start a new sentence, so I am looking for a good structure that I can add to what I have done so far, which is:

"It had to play out like this. We would never have understood each other in any other way. It was not until we had worn ourselves out and fully matured that we could have ever put aside our personal grudges and hugged each other in the middle of the street; him being more mature and the more manful (or "manly" ??). I miss him."