When I was a 20-something college student, I became quite friendly with my study partner, a 64-year-old man, who had returned to school to finish his degree. He confessed he had once thought more than friendship might be a possibility. “So what changed your mind?” I asked him. “I went to my doctor and asked if he thought a 40-year age difference between a man and a woman was insurmountable. He looked at my chart and said, ‘You're interested in someone who's 104?’”
當(dāng)我還是二十多歲女大學(xué)生的時(shí)候,我和我的學(xué)習(xí)搭檔關(guān)系不錯(cuò)。他是一個(gè)64歲的老頭,返回學(xué)校來完成他的學(xué)位。他坦白說,他曾經(jīng)一度想過有沒有可能使我們之間的關(guān)系比友誼更進(jìn)一步。“那么什么事情使你改變主意了呢?”我問。“我去看我的醫(yī)生,問他是不是認(rèn)為男女之間相差40歲是無法克服的呢。他看了看我的病歷說:‘你對(duì)104歲的人感興趣?’”