That's funny. It totally jumped out at me that the OP kept using "they". What's even odder is that Paul used "they" for the lawyer, apparently intending to be

That's funny. It totally jumped out at me that the OP kept using "they". What's even odder is that Paul used "they" for the lawyer, apparently intending to be gender-neutral, but failed to notice that the OP had done similarly. I don't mean to be making a huge deal out of this. It's just something we could probably all stand to be more aware of, myself included.