Partners and single Casanovas talk about their love lives as seniors.
Nola Jean Ward sat in her chair that is motorized in, unaware Keith Proctor was indeed viewing her from throughout the space. He was bent down beside his walker, his nose just inches in front of hers when she turned around.
He then kissed her.
“She simply seemed therefore good sitting here. I did son’t understand what her response would definitely be, but I happened to be likely to do so anyhow,†Proctor says. “A kiss occurred each time we came across from then on.â€
The 2 had resided in the exact same flooring at Victory Centre of Galewood your retirement community from the Northwest Side for approximately a year. Nevertheless, Ward had noticed Proctor’s apperance. In the beginning, she joked with Proctor’s daughters which he will have no trouble finding a girlfriend in the neighborhood, however they keep they never ever allow their dad in from the crush. At 83 years old, Proctor has the full mind of dense, silver hair that moves straight back from a sharp widow’s top into a wavy tuft above his remaining attention.
“We raised some eyebrows around here,†Proctor claims. “There had been lots of dual provides and speculating.†Now whenever Ward boils down the elevator in to the grouped community area, the gaggle of residents sitting into the lobby tells her how to locate her friend. “‘He’s into the collection,’ ‘He’s asleep into the TV room,me,†says Ward, 78’ they tell. Together they’re going by nicknames including “the lovebirds†and (a common) “Ma and Pa Kettle.â€