If I subtract from 2016, I get ninety-eight. But I wasn't conscious for most of those years, so it feels a little disingenuous to call myself a nonagenarian.
[ Not that it ever stopped anyone else.
It feels strange to talk about this with someone who isn't already familiar with the broad strokes of his life story. How much should he fill in? ]
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to confuse you. I'm just not used to having to explain any of this. Where I'm from, it's fairly common knowledge.
You're twenty years older than me. [ or he would be, had he not been unconscious for all that time. he looks good for 98. looks good for 45, as well. either way, he was twenty when gaby was born.
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[ Not that it ever stopped anyone else.
It feels strange to talk about this with someone who isn't already familiar with the broad strokes of his life story. How much should he fill in? ]
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to confuse you. I'm just not used to having to explain any of this. Where I'm from, it's fairly common knowledge.
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You're twenty years older than me. [ or he would be, had he not been unconscious for all that time. he looks good for 98. looks good for 45, as well. either way, he was twenty when gaby was born.
just her type. ]