Wendy's Family

Wendys Mother

Margaret Elizabeth Skinery-Wilson

Relationship with Wendy: Wendy has a strenuous and very tiring relationship with her mother. Wendy has always found that her mother takes over everything that has ever happened to Wendy and made it about her, Margaret and not about Wendy. This has been going on for thirty years, which is the exact same length as Wendy’s life ergo the two have effected each other. Margaret in turn finds her relationship with Wendy very tiring and wearing and simply wants to do all she can to make her daughter’s life a better one. Margaret is very concerned by Wendy attempting to have her baby all alone in ‘that weird draughty old place in the back of beyond’ but our investigation isn’t about Margaret: this time it’s all about Wendy. We are here to support our clients.

Relationship Summary:

Relation: Mother.
Name: Margaret Elizabeth Skinery-Wilson (note: she hates being called Mags)
Relation characteristics: Caring but controlling.
Relationship status: RED HOT URGENCY - NEEDS REPAIR.

Wendy's Father

William ‘Bill’ Skinery-Wilson

Relationship with Wendy: Wendy is fond of her father but has very little to say about him. This seems to be because he is rather a dull man by appearances and Wendy has never found anything particularly intriguing about him even when she tried to scratch the surface. He has, however, worked all his life and provided for his family in a modest but fairly even way. Wendy would have preferred it if in the past he had stood up against his wife more often and perhaps indulged her less. Mr Wilson however believes that he does stand up to his wife by occaisionally calling her ‘Mags’ when she is in a bad mood, just to annoy her further. In essence Wendy is a disappointed with her father despite that he seems to dote on her in his own way.

Relationship Summary:

Relation: Father
Name: Bill Skinery-Wilson
Relation characteristics: Caring but weak.
Relationship status: needs mending at some point before he dies.

Wendy's Sister

Lucy Constance Skinery

Relationship with Wendy: Wendy really likes her sister but is a bit jealous of her and this sometimes cause her to be mean to Lucy without good cause. Having said that, Lucy, who is the youngest is also a distant and sometimes difficult to read. This has always lead to confusion amongst the sisters and has often resulted in fights. These days the fights aren’t physical and are quickly forgotten. The two sister went to Sri Lanka a year ago, against their mother’s wishes. They went partly on holiday but partly in search of their Grandad. Wendy has yet to untap the true potential of having a sister like Lucy at her side, someone who can be a friend as well as a baby sitter.

Relationship summary:

Relation: Sister
Relation name: Lucy Constance Skinery (sometimes called Moo-Moo for unknown reasons).
Relation characteristics: Distant but deep.
Relationship status: has potential.

Wendy's Grandfather

Henry ‘Harry’ S. Skinery.

Relationship with Wendy: there currently appears to be very little relationship between Wendy and her Grandfather. She has some memory of him from when she was a small child but he kept himself very much to himself and was rarely seen at family gatherings. It seems Harry wasn’t always anti-social but after a certain period in his life somewhere in the 1970s he decided to make himself a recluse from his family, eventually moving to Sri Lanka where he lived the remainder of his life. Wendy was unable to trace him when she went to Sri Lanka a year ago and now she is very sad that she was unable to see her Grandad again before he passed away. What she does have of him now however is his old house which is packed full of his old and interesting things. Harry left many of his belongings behind with him and they have sat in the empty house for many years waiting to be rediscovered by Wendy. In recent weeks Wendy has been totally immersed in the photographs and ephemera, which is Harry’s legacy to Wendy and a very intriguing picture of the man and the family is slowly beginning to emerge.

Relationship summary:

Relation: Grandfather
Relation name: Henry S. ‘Harry Skinery’ (unknown what the S stands for)
Relation characteristics: Extremely mysterious and complex.
Relationship status: THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.