Oh he is having fun and obviously has a fondness for you. Otherwise he won't go into such great lengths...do you remember when we were little and the boys tried to annoy us? It was because they wanted our attention and that was the only thing they knew how.
That was how it was with the other boys...Go back to your childhood and observe, how loving this really is, and how flattering, really.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.