Certainly. I'm not sure how to deal with your parents other than to be honest. I never spoke much to my own growing up.

[There is no way he's going to tell that story now when Crowe is feeling good about himself.]

I was a bit of a social recluse as a child.

[He chuckled. It wasn't far from the truth after his mother was killed by his own father.]

In any case, just tell them the truth. and don't back down.