dr. goldstein is still in love with your mother. she is a beautiful, intelligent, charming woman, douglas. what can i say? you turned a page already. i'm skimming. you're serious? you're just going to sit here reading, is downstairs with mom, doing who knows what? talking, i presume. dad, look at him. he's smart, he's cool, he's young, he's rich, he's a vegetarian. maybe you should be the one downstairs with him. dad, she almost went to new york with him. she almost married him. actually, i think the plan was to shack up. you know? everyone has a past. before i met your mother i had a rather passionate fling with a hospital dietitian. a lovely girl. indefatigable. this is a nightmare. did you really think that your parents were born as your parents? no, but this is her first love. you never forget your first love. it's like wanda and me. s an individual. she has her own feelings. i can't tell her how to feel. she needs to make her own decision. you think a decision's involved? i think, uh... whatever she's going through right now, s