family matters

catastrophe part 2: the complications

 1. A’s mother W is neurotic at the best of times, but particularly when it comes to baby boy A.

2. A lives in Sydney now and spends most of his time with girlfriend L, who is Canadian and away from her family and friends. A and L spend a lot of their time together at the family beach house.

3. L’s birthday was the following weekend and A had organised a surprise birthday with 20 attendees.

4. A’s family have met L a few times but they don’t really know her that well. They have preconceived ideas about L based on the fact that all A’s other girlfriends have been knobs.

5. W and my mum are best friends. V and I are oldest, dearest friends. I spend more time with A than his family. L and I are now friends as well.

6. The beach house only has two bedrooms: a double bedroom for the parents and the kids’ bedroom which has bunk beds and single.

7. A’s parents are ultra conservative.

8. All of the persons mentioned above can be completely unreasonable and always think they’re right, bar L.

9. All of the pesons mentioned above are prone to exaggeration and overraction, bar L.

10. All of the persons mentioned have great difficulty sitting still or relaxing.