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Is “your young man” correct here? Isn’t it mistaken for “you’re young man”?

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Rebecca

Yes, "your young man" is correct here. "Your" is a possessive adjective in this case and it is used because he is speaking about himself in the second person point of view. So "your young man" indicates that the boy is his "young man" here.

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