Though they remained a couple, the personal growth of each occurred outside that connection.
The war of words had subsided, but it was evident from their back-to-back posture neither had go of the hostility.
Son, you best get your head out of the clouds and start acting like a grown ass man. And clean up your damn room. I don't know how you live in that pigsty with all that clutter.
They were a tight knit family who enjoyed their privacy and maintained a distance from the hubbub of the mainstream.
The townsfolk were known to be a little protective of their young celebrity with the big personality.
She thoroughly embraced her role as grande dame of the village...maintaining an impeccable appearance and bestowed with a quick wit and ever increasingly sharp tongue.