The examples of people living into old age and doing it well is legion, at least as I see it in San Francisco. The "City" is constantly winning, "healthiest big city in'Merica.' " Recently I went to dinner with a 90 year old. She was great. Other than she is vain, LOL, and will not get a hearing aid, she doesn't appear to have missed a step.
In last week's "Vow's" Section of the NY Times, an 89 year old was marrying an 80 year old. According to her story, they are having sex (well the term used was "make love"). From the bride, "And, yes they make love. Romance doesn't stop with age and that is something that has rather amazed me. It makes me realize that there's hope for everybody".
His story: married five times, including this one. Outlived three wives, one divorce. The divorce was while he was a soldier in France, fresh from the D-Day invasion where he drove a munitions truck onto Omaha Beach, he saw a crying French girl. Her house had been destroyed, family was destitute. He helped, eventually married her. They had a son. She later ran off with a French chef. One of his marriages lasted 44 years. Her last years were marred by cancer and faithfully he nursed her till she died. His son of French chef fame eventually found him. The best line came from the bride, "this is so much better than a funeral."
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