Anna
I was so nervous the night I met Robert’s family for the first time that I couldn’t eat anything all day, but I needn’t have been as they were so sweet and welcoming.
All my thirty-something friends were coupling up and settling down, meanwhile most of Rob’s friends were single and spending their time making art or being creative in some way. I had been on the road to settling down with my long-term boyfriend, and now here I was, meeting the parents of my young, creative, mid-twenties boyfriend. Life took some funny turns sometimes.
Rob’s mom opened the door just as he reached for the handle.
“Hi, Mom,” he said, while he squeezed my hand reassuringly.
“Robbie, darling! And you must be Anna?” She smiled and opened the door wide. Rob’s mom was tall, like him, and blonde, like his s
