they’re in real estate, think million dollar listing type homes. they’re nice people, just extremely busy with work so elliot and his adoptive sister were left a lot to take care of themselves or with nannies at times. they care about their kids a lot but also have a very old school way of thinking. they expected them to go to college right out of high school and basically build a life for themself, figure it all out. that definitely was not what elliot had in mind and has never been able to keep a normal job so figuring out college was out of the question. so they kicked him out once he graduated high school. it strained their relationship for a while but things are good between them now. he gets along with them for the most part. his mom is the more outgoing one, loves her glass of wine and is the life of the party if she’s there. while his dad is a little more reserved but with some whiskey he’s cracking jokes and telling the same 5 stories about douchebag clients again and again