Test 2: Meet the parents, first round

The first sign of being in a serious relationship happened today. Mr Cosby asked me to join him to drive his dad from Heathrow to Kings Cross. The dad had been in Nigeria and was now on his way back to Cambridgeshire where he lives. I couldn´t really understand why on earth I had to go from work early and miss out a social event in the evening, just to drive a man to Kings Cross, when we can go to see him anytime!? But now I understand.

Mr Cosby´s relation to his dad isn´t the best, and he hadn´t seen him for almost three years. He thought this little more relaxed way of meeting up would be less dramatic that him and me travelling up to his little country village and spending hours with him. The dad was really a charming old man. Extremely sharp and intelligent and I had no problem understanding that he was a clear-minded academic. He has now left the research world and is a preacher. Or "a sales person sellning life insurances" as he explained it. He wanted me to buy some of it, and I said I would consider it. Not that I am an non-faithful non-believer hedonist, not entierly anyway, but too much of this religious-stuff makes me a bit ... cautious. Religion is a little bit of a poison, after all.

But all in all it was good. Mr Cosby Sr was very enthusiastic about me and how HEALTHY and STRONG and INTELLIGENT I seemed. Good child-giving traits I guess... He also took a picture of us, this "very handsome couple" and was all smiles when we dropped him on the train. He also whispered to me -- "be careful with my son, he is a great kid, but has been very badly hurt". I smiled and sighed silently and thought "well, who the hell hasn´t?"

So, first round done. This weekend my parents are here, so round two is coming up quicker than we know it. Will be interesting. My lovely parents, the poor souls, they have hardly met a black person before in their life. Apart from my uncle´s Ugandan wife. But since everything my uncle has done in his life , apart from marrying her, has been a bit whacko, this benchmark is not really usable. Am sure my parents will love Mr Cosby though. Most people do.

The coming rounds, if we have survived that far, will be Mr Cosby´s mum, the powerful UN-lawyer specialized in Racial Equality, and of course... Mr Cosby´s premier lady and true love of his life -- his 8-year-old daughter.

So all in all, ego-centric preacher or not, the first round was sure a light start.