Popcornbird, why do you think physical age means so much to you? It obviously didn't to Gertrude!

Of all the men I have ever known and been friends with, Paul is the most logically minded and capable of being neutral about things. Did he ever once say "What a great deal for that man?" No. So why do you assume that's what he was thinking?

Love is exceptional. That means it makes exceptions for all sorts of things, whether or not you, or society as a whole, understands!

I have known young-minded 90-year-olds, and old-minded, close-minded 18-year-olds. Haven't you?