Tony and Jane

He was a tease, a flirt, a charmer, a smoothy, a lady's man, a sophisticate, but only a synthetic heel because his heart was in the right place and he didn't want to hurt anyone. Surely Ann appreciated his treating her as if she were an attractive woman rather than as a mother. It feels good to have someone in your life who thinks you are great but who can be trusted not to go too far. She could be an adult with him. But he had to learn how to deal with her daughters as they grew up idolizing him. The whole family benefited from the relationship although of course the missing husband would immediately take back his position as the man in the family and Tony would make that easy for him. Which all goes to show that a man and a woman CAN have a platonic friendship. I agree with the poster who said this was a good example to the audience of how to conduct yourself in wartime. Or anytime, really, if you are mature enough.