In At What Age Is Love Enthralling, available in a recent NY Times Modern Love podcast and article Sophy Burnham talks about life at 82 and how she is flattered by the interest of a younger suitor. In a brief interview following her piece, she describes how she is rarely lonely, has wonderful friends and adores her family – and enjoys her own company. If we drop society’s expectations about relationships should be, we are free to enjoy them as they are.
“ Being old isn’t so bad at all but you have to come at it with optimism and delight…There is a sweetness about this age that I wouldn’t have imagined, maybe because I am aware of how soon it will be over .”
Sophy Burnham is an award-winning playwright, novelist and non-fiction writer. Learn more at her website.