Patti will fuss and fume at her clients that practice ageism. She will then either fix them up with the age they requested or pull a switch like she did with Chris. Her usual practice is to comply with the clients' wishes since she is in a service business. Her philosophical salve is that the people who practice ageism will end up old(er) and lonely as their "standards" betray them. Somebody like Chris would say, "I know what I want". Patti says, "Yeah, you want to be alone when you are old". The punchline here is that Chris was initially drawn to the yoga teacher because of her sense of humor. In my own old(er) age I've realized that something like humor is priceless, transcending surface appearance. IMO Chris subconsciously realized this when he chose her, but his own age did not bring with it the wisdom to see a prize.
