[astroAPhi]

It's only my mom's side of the family that cares about this. My dad's side is like, "You date?" WTF?

I got it at Thanksgiving since that was when the whole family got together. I told them it was because he couldn't afford the plane ticket to Colorado (hell, I barely could, and I have a "real" job), and because he didn't want his mom to be alone for Thanksgiving, because she always is for Christmas because he flies back to California to see his dad and half-brothers.

I left out the part that he's scared of them because they're wackos.