Adrian Mole unemployed; they have separated, divorced and remarried several times, often in the wake of extramarital affairs. In a reversal of a typical teenager-mother relationship, Pauline berates Adrian for keeping his room "like a bloody shrine". They move from Leicester to Ashby-de-la-Zouch with their dog (only ever referred to as "the dog", who is eventually replaced by "the new dog"). Adrian's paternal grandmother Edna May Mole is also prominent in the early diaries until her death in "The Wilderness Years". Pauline first leaves George for their neighbour, Mr. Lucas, an insurance man. George fathers a second son, Brett, by a lover,
Rosie Mole her) and having an abortion. In "Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction", she has a very complicated boyfriend, to whom she gives money for drugs and drink. Rosie lies to her mother that she needs money for her studies. Adrian knows the truth, but keeps silent, even though he disapproves of Rosie's behaviour. Her favourite group is the Spice Girls and she models her clothes after members of the group, particularly Emma Bunton. Rosie goes to school at "Neil Armstrong Comprehensive School", the old school of her brother Adrian, in Ashby-de-la-Zouch. When she was a little girl, Rosie