Annie Elise

You're trying to find your identity, figure things out, look to learn about conflict resolution, what healthy relationships look like, all of the things that roll into it.

And Nathan's family life as an only child was really all that he had come to know.

So when his dad moved out and he began living full-time with his mom, there was a pretty big adjustment for him.

At some point, his dad also moved across the country to California, so because of this, Nathan never really saw him.

And I can only imagine being a child with Asperger's, then you layer in the divorce on top of that, then the separation from his dad.

It was probably a lot for Nathan to cope with.

And pretty early on, it just became him and his mom, Linda.

Now, I mentioned earlier that his mom, Linda, worked as a nanny, but she also had a couple of other side jobs.

But here's the thing.

She was also a trust fund kid.

So things finance-wise, post-divorce, weren't very difficult for her and Nathan.

She had a lot of money.

It turns out that Linda's dad, John, had been a very prominent real estate developer back in his day.

And he was more than well off and loaded from that.

He was worth tens of millions of dollars.

So John really played a big role in keeping the family afloat.

More than that, though, he really stepped in as far as father figures go for Nathan.

And it all sounds pretty great.

doesn't it?

I mean, well, I guess that depends on who you ask, if I'm being honest, because family support can, yes, be a very amazing thing, but it can also turn very quickly into a very complex situation and sticky situation.