Del Boy never marries. He has had many girlfriends, a fact that is the subject of numerous sarcastic comments by Rodney. He finally meets his partner Raquel Turner (whom he calls his "significant other") in the 1988 special "Dates". Del's mother Joan dies on 12 March 1964, apparently after a long string of illnesses. His lazy father Reginald leaves three months later (on Del's 16th birthday), taking most of their money and even Del's birthday cake. This leaves the teenage Del as the family's sole breadwinner, looking after his grandfather and Rodney, his half-brother who was born around thirteen years after him
Boy Meets Boy (TV series) of the show called "Boy Meets Goy", recurring sketches had the pair appear on "Scare Tactics" and then on "Hollywood Squares". "Boy Meets Boy" is also mentioned in the "South Park" episode "South Park Is Gay!", which lampoons the metrosexuality and gay reality TV fad. Boy Meets Boy (TV series) Boy Meets Boy is an American reality television show in which a gay man met and chose a mate from a group of 15 potential male suitors. The show featured the twist that the "leading man" did not know that the mix of suitors included both gay and heterosexual men.