The Ears at the Top of the Stairs

Tom and Rita Parker got married 8 years ago and bought a small house in the suburbs. They had 2 cars, 2 TVs, 2 computers, and each worked, he as a mechanic, she as a part-time school teacher. After 3 years, they decided it was time to start a family and that is when Rosie came along. Now Rosie was named after Ritas great aunt and Tom argued against the name as hard as he could. He stated he was afraid she would be stuck with the unfortunate name of Nosy Parker throughout her life. But Rita was extremely fond of her aunt and said the last time she heard the Nosy Parker insult was about 25 years ago so eventually Tom gave in. I should say at this time that the Parkers married rather late in life and by the time Rosie was born, Tom was 38 and Rita was 35 and each was rather set in their ways. They both doubted they would have any more children so they vowed to do their best with their new daughter.