Nome leaves home

[naomi_jay]

Sort of anyway... It would take a lot to induce me to leave my bungalow and Pip on a permanent basis. I'd have to cook for myself for one thing, and who else would appreciate my vast collection of She-Ra, Carebear and Bucky O Hare DVDs as much as Pip? Possibly nobody.

But in July I will be venturing out of Cambridge and going to the RNA 2008 conference! Yay, I'm going to a writers' conference! Or at least, I assume I will be; I haven't actually posted the form yet. But I plan to go, if only to see my extraordinarily talented friend, Leanne, bag herself an agent with a well-practised book pitch ;)

So, Matt and Sarah broke up yesterday. He rang me as I was leaving work, sounding utterly heartbroken. Part of me wanted to go and slap her stupid for making my brother cry; part of me wanted him to say "thank God I'm no longer saddled with someone else's child." But Matt's not quite as anti-babies as me, and he really cared for Sophie. I just can't help but feel this was inevitable, which of course is not what Matt needs to hear. And it won't do him any good to hear it anyway. I feel awful for him but at the same time, I feel they were both irresponsible about this. Especially Sarah, in some respects. She made Matt part of her family, made him part of Sophie's life, asked him to move in with them, then decided it was over. How confusing is that for this kid? 

But then, having met her, I know she's not a bad person, and I know Matt's no saint. But obviously family ties compel me to feel it's all her fault. I just wish I could say something to Matt to make him understand that one day he'll look back on this and wonder why he was so upset.