As you get older, you can suffer from painful hips, and our joints wear a lot quicker than for people of average height.
A bachelor is a man who comes to work each morning from a different direction.
What I loved about romances was the character, and I think I still bring that to my novels. What romance taught me was that the 'who' will always matter more than the 'what.' It's fun to come up with plots, but I want to make sure the reader cares about who it's happening to.