LOL! Arthur, their next-door neighbor, is a doctor and can offer whatever idiotic advice he can come up with.
Arthur: Maudey, you've given birth to a microcosm of society! Congratulations!
Maude: But Arthur, one of them is GAY! What kind of a life will he have? The challenges, the difficulties??
Arthur: Cheer up, Maudey. At least he'll redecorate your nursing home room to perfection.
Maude: God will get you for that, Arthur.
Neither a borrower nor a lender be...unless that's mine in the first place.