"My Jo, as she put it, was still in pigtails when her Dad died. I think it happened when the three of us were still in the single digit age range." So there's another difference. Although he's going to shut up on this subject for the moment. Time to order their food.

It only takes him a moment to pick what he wanted, glancing over at her to signal it was her turn, a moment later as he digs out his wallet.