Richelle clucked her tongue and said, "Master Lewis, may I ask when you're planning to retire?"
Roy Lewis's mind was rapidly calculating.
"Ideally at forty, that way both of us would still have the energy to travel and have fun. If possible, we could even get two tickets to the space station to broaden our horizons," he remarked.
Roy originally thought that Richelle was just casually making conversation, but now that she had laid out their retirement plans so specifically, he realized that she was quite serious.
"Alright, dream on. Even if our three precious children can take over our responsibilities seamlessly, they still need to enjoy their youth—they need to make friends and fall in love!"
And so, the couple went from chatting about the non-existent love interests of their children to discussions about their own experiences having children.