When my second son was about 12 or so, we were in a restaurant having dinner. He said he was worried that when he grew up he'd be bald like me and have difficulty finding a wife.
I said, "Son, do you know who Sophia Loren is?"
"No. Who is she?"
"She is the most beautiful woman in the world," I explain with confidence, "and she is married to Carlo Ponti, a short, little bald guy!"
"Really!," says my son, clearly impressed that a short little bald guy is married to the most beautiful woman in the entire world!
I lean back in my chair and smile at my son. He smiles back, reassured.
My wife, who has been listening to us, says drily, "Carlo Ponti has a lot of money..."
Women...