Phil is the husband of Claire and father of Haley, Alex and Luke. A reasonably successful real estate agent, Phil is, in many ways, an overgrown child. His main goal in life is to ensure that his kids and their friends see him as being cool. That's his thang, as he says, calling her collegial approach to parenting peerenting. Phil has a pencha...
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Phil is the husband of Claire and father of Haley, Alex and Luke. A reasonably successful real estate agent, Phil is, in many ways, an overgrown child. His main goal in life is to ensure that his kids and their friends see him as being cool. That's his thang, as he says, calling her collegial approach to parenting peerenting. Phil has a penchant for bad jokes and worse puns, but thinks of himself as hilarious.Phil adores Claire, yet falls easily into the mode of seeing her a killjoy when she tries to keep the household on track despite his antics. He dotes on her and occasionally, to spice things up, is known to adopt the character of Clive Bixby, a traveling businessman who meets with Claire, who also goes by a fictional name at these times, at a hotel bar. Despite his clear love for Claire, Phil maintains a not-so-subtle fascination with Jay's wife, Gloria.Phil wants to be someone his kids can talk to, but usually opts for making jokes when they have serious things to discuss and gets nervous if he can't figure out what to say. Still, he's a sentimental and emotional guy who wants nothing but the best for his family, which means everything to him. Phil also has a deep and unending need for the approval of his father-in-law Jay, which he rarely gets.On the professional side, Phil ranks anywhere from the second- to fourth-best real estate agent in the area -- having never been able to unseat his main rival, Gil Thorpe.
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