The nice thing about this book is that it makes you laugh more than it makes you sad. It gets so funny when you imagine an old respectable old lady messing around in a black suit in order to proof to his grandson that she herself can be amazing. If you check the internet it is full of funny videos about old people that hated the ideea of becoming serious and boring once they reached a certain age. There are old people who can't help playing pranks and going into exciting trips, doing things that every person would like to do before they died. I admire this kind of people even if I don't think I would end up like that. Romanian old people are the "warm and incompetent" type. They are vulnerable and complaining and wouldn't step out of their confort zone. I think it depends on what we see other old people around us do. We would certailnly behave the same for fear of not being rejected. I think if I saw a granny dancing in front of my house I would think she's crazy and not that she keeps her spirit young.
