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Do you still like to

cuddle and love and all that?

Yeah, but not in public.

No. Yes.

But is

the chemistry still there?

Yes.

You don't sound sure.

Well, we like

to keep it private.

I had to wait

for the answer.

I find it hard to express

emotion most of the time.

Although I'm getting on top of

that more now, you know.

Just the simple things

to say to Susan.

"I love you,"

something like that.

I mean, I can tell you

about it,

but I really haven't been able

to say it

to Sue, you know.

I did end up having to get

a bit of help.

It wasn't directly due

to our relationship.

It started at work,

unfortunately.

Which brought

my self-esteem down,

which tended to affect

everything else.

I know the lack of confidence

is there.

It still applies to me.

But I don't dwell on it.

It's there, and I have

to put up with it.

I just think you take on

a little bit more of

each other's personality.

'Cause whenever I was decisive

and made a decision and said,

"Let's do this," because Paul,

not that he couldn't make

the decision

but he had all these questions

to ask, and I used to think,

"Oh, stop asking questions,"

and I suppose now I start to question myself,

"maybe he should

ask the questions. "

So it is that bit of living

with the other personality.

I was going to be

a policeman

but I thought how hard it would

be to join in.

I was going to be

a phys-ed teacher,

but one of the teachers

told me that

you had to get up

into university.

As a young man,

Paul spent many years

in the building trade

and then moved on

into factory work.

Okay, the question was,

Gracie Fields' sang...

"In the what

in the Moonlight?"

It's a retirement village

with independent living.

And then it's got

assisted living in the hostel,

which is mainly

where I work.

It's got six letters.

Gracie Fields sang...

They have their own laundry.

It's a complete unit.

They have their own

lockup garage.

So there's a couple

of parcels there...

And that's why Paul's there.

I call him "the man about

the house" at work,

because he changes

light globes.

Problems with your taps,

they go check it out.

Cleans the gutterings,

fixes squeaky doors,

'cause the village is now

25 years old.

So the maintenance is starting

to gather.

How are you doing

up there, Paul?

When the job came up,

I said to Susan

that if there was

any problem at all

with us working together,

then I'd leave.

But so far we've found it

really quite good.

- Hi, Lola, how are you?

- I'm good, Paul.

I've probably always been

a little bit more relaxed

around older people, probably.

Always liked older people as I

was growing up, funny enough.

By the time they were 28,

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