The Merry Widower

A review of the book: ASSISTED LOVING True Tales of Double Dating With My Dad. By Bob Morris. 288 pp. Harper/HarperCollins Publishers. Review By JAMES PONIEWOZIK Published: July 27, 2008, New York Times Being wholly responsible for the life and well-being of another person can be joyous, as when parents bring home a new baby. It can be heartbreaking, as when adult children find themselves caring for an incapacitated elderly parent. Either way, however, responsibility for another person is a burden: terrifying, all-consuming, draining.