Rose: Well, girls, love has no definition, no boundaries. Age has nothing to do with it. Sometimes two people who seem to have the least in common turn out to be the most in love. That was certainly the case with OIlie Stettlenmeier and Molly-Jane Doe.
Blanche: OIlie and Molly? Must we take yet another trip to Petticoat Junction?
Rose: OIlie was the mayor and our town's most respected citizen. He was also Artistic Director at the St. Olaf Community Playhouse. A lot of people don't know this, but the family drama "Hey, That's My Tractor", got its start right there.
Dorothy: Wasn't the musical version called "Hey, Hey, That's My Tractor"?
Rose: Anyway, during the auditions, the first woman who walked through that door was Molly-Jane Doe, the town manicurist. For five extra dollars, she'd buff more than your nails.
Blanche: Five dollars?
Dorothy: It was during the Depression.
Sophia: Hey, in Italy, for five dollars you got a woman, a manicure, a cappuccino and a box of cookies for your wife. A fact. Use it as you wish.
Rose: Anyway, it was love at first sight. And nobody in town could believe that this man, who had lived for 52 years with his mother, would fall head over heels in love with the town squeeze. But he did. And the next day they were married and they went on to live happily together for 25 years.
Blanche: And what in hell does any of this have to do with my father?
Rose: Well, the point is nobody knows why two people fall in love, and it's really nobody's business.