gistfile1.rb

class BetterNews
  def initialize(string, required)
    @age = required
    @string = string
  end

  attr_reader :age

  def method_missing(name, *args)
    self.class.new(@string.send(name, *args), @age)
  end
end


b = BetterNews.new('hello', 10)

p b

c = b.gsub("l", "r")

p c
p c.class
p c.age

# ... but still not generally a good idea.