Back to about a boy - I love the story of acceptance, of taking someone into your community not because they are nice, but because they need you. I mean how often in the real world would someone who had pretended he had a son to fit in with and pull single mums actually end up accepted into their community? It's interesting how he changed from being a user to being a giver in the context of healthy, loving relationships.
In fact when he became a giver, rather than just a taker, he was able to gain the very thing that he couldn't have before (in this context a relationship with 'Rachel').