LOVE IN THE 80s // Seniors claiming rights to sexuality and romance

Sometimes, in a sort of Romeo and Juliet turnabout, there issabotage by the children.

Sometimes there is a perception of disapproval on the part offriends and relations or even society as a whole.

Sometimes there is deep shame at the very thought.

But whatever it is, by and large, lovers long past the age ofconsent - say, after 75 or thereabouts - can give a new meaning tothe expression "star-crossed." Said one woman sadly, "It's very hardto find an old couple meeting, falling in love and living happilyever after."

But all that is changing.

By the force of their very numbers, older Americans are on theverge of making the sexual …