01 member of a distant, dysfunctional family. james, 61, investment banker (alcoholic). rebecca, 60, financial advisor (gambling problem). charleston (workaholic), 33, vice president of goldman sachs. eleanor, 3.
02 "pop country" is her biggest guilty pleasure and she's fully aware that most people absolutely despise it. her spotify playlists labeled "driving" and "showering" are packed with florida georgia line and randy houser.
03 public relations is not her passion, but it is one of her talents. her passion lies in writing, she expresses it through short stories and poems and the infrequent open mic night. she's also fond of collecting costume jewelry.
04 her niece, eleanor, stays with her every other weekend. ellie's mother has no custodial rights, but still gets her every other weekend for visitation. charlie's business trips are timed so he doesn't have any weekends with her.
05 charmaine has survived serious relationships, followed by painful break-ups. her tender heart oftentimes leads her straight into the jaws of emotional turmoil, but she's yet to regret a relationship. recycles lovers usually, instead of branching out.
06 unapologetically and understandably, she belongs to a small circle of very tight friends, though her acquaintances and connections are vast. she lives by the motto of loving all, trusting few, and doing wrong to none.
07 inked four times total; quote under her right breast, an egyptian scene on the underside of her left forearm, a feather behind her left ear, peter pan tattoo on her right ankle. she would love nothing more than to be covered in them.
08 after a terrifying incident where her cab was hijacked, charm has her concealed carrier's permit and cruella was immediately put into personal protection training. charm and the cab driver escaped with minimal injuries.
09 falls in love quickly, wholeheartedly, and frequently. not necessarily with people each time. books, films, documentaries, places, activities, a whole slew of things cause charm to fall in and out of love.
10 the small fortune her grandmother left her in august of 2013 is still largely in tact (to the surprise of her family), but does fund her travels and vacations when she finally breaks down and takes time off work.
11 started a small beauty youtube years ago that focused more on product reviews, product comparisons, and product demos, but it's flourished gradually into a second job. her obsession with make-up basically pays for itself.
12 charmaine went to pennsylvania state university where she received a bachelor of arts in public relations. her time abroad in italy is close to her heart and she speaks fondly of riding camels on the beaches of egypt.
13 not many people know that charm had a pregnancy scare in her junior year of college. it wasn't a lack of birth control or carelessness that led her to think she was pregnant, either. stress and over exercise threw her cylce off.
14 labeling her sexuality is something she absolutely hates to do so she avoids it at all costs. a sexual creature by nature, charmaine literally feels an equal attraction to males and females depending on the chemistry.
15 the holidays are always different in charm's life. one consistency, though, is spending time with consequela's family. visiting with her biological family all at the same time gives her slight anxiety.
16 as serious as charm takes her career, she can be quite mischeivous and a devilish prankster that knows no bounds. laughter is a helluva drug. one of her favorite past times is calling in sick to places she doesn't work.
17 pedicures were a thing of luxury ten years ago, but they've become a necessary part of her hygiene now. her toenails and fingernails are never unpainted, but she doesn't branch out and do designs or acrylics.
18 irritation isn't an emotion that charm expresses very often, but it's sharp and piercing when she does finally succumb. oftentimes her negative emotions are bottled up and released together, all at one time.
19 charmaine is a reformed smoker. the habit was bad for her and she knew that, but the messiness and smell are what finally convinced her to put down the cigarettes. she's a cloud chasing vaper, though.
20 therapy isn't something she feels like she necessarily needs, but it's definitely something that helps her overall frame of mind. when she lingers in her childhood, she becomes drained. therapy squashes that.
work schedule: M: 9AM - 6PM. 1PM - 2PM, lunch.
T: 9AM - 6PM. 1PM - 2PM, lunch.
W: 11AM - 6PM. 9AM - 10AM, therapy.
T: 9AM - 6PM. 1PM - 2PM, lunch.
F: 9AM - 6PM. 1PM - 2PM, lunch.
S: OFF. (unless at an event)
S: OFF. (unless at an event)

personality: there is a personable, comfortable ease to the way charmaine moves and speaks. she's memorable but not overwhelming, she's confident without being arrogant, she's funny without being hysterical. that natural fluidity is the biggest contribution to her success in personal relations. her real laughter, however, is bubbling and infectious and rare as a blue moon.
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birth name charmaine annalesia lawless nicknames charm, char. dob & age july 4th, 1985 & 30 occupation Senior account supervisor @ JPublicRelations. residence park slope, brooklyn orientation & status kinsey 3, unspoken for pets cruella, cru for short, 5 years old.
in an ideal world, little girls and little boys are nurtured in an environment with two financially, emotionally stable parents that devote their time to enhancing their child's spirit and individuality. in an ideal world, all children are given the room to develop their personalities naturally without fear of judgment or striving for approval by catering to their parent's list of expectations. the world is not an ideal place, however, and charmaine's upbringing was privileged but certainly not healthy.
the second and final child, charmaine was born to two adults that preferred hiring live in help to struggling with the challenges of parenthood. her father's job was mentally demanding, as was his steadily growing addiction to alcohol, and her mother's biggest concern was climbing the corporate ladder, followed closely by spending every free dollar for seemingly no reason at all. both children grew up to be emotionally closer to consequela, their nanny and housekeeper.
consequela was, luckily enough for the two young children, very much a devoted and loving nanny in spite of being in the country illegally and in spite of being plagued by fertility issues. she taught them to speak spanish, she took them on walks where she asked them to point out all the positive things they saw and then asked them to point out nice things they could do for other people. she kept their heads out of the clouds and their feet on the ground.
being separated from consequela was hard when charmaine relocated to pennsylvania for college. a simple fact that drove an even bigger wedge between mother and daughter, but charmaine had grown into her own opinions by adulthood and was taught not to make apologies for them. soon, though, charmaine was delightfully swept up in a sorority, an honor's society, and a thriving social life to accompany her academic scores. she wanted to be the best at everything.
ambition was like a drug to charmaine and her final year, she was one of the few honor students selected to study abroad in rome, italy. most people would consider it a time to celebrate, but the departure brought a devastating end to a relationship filled with charmaine's first taste of love and stability. the year in italy was bittersweet, but she doesn't regret it. it opened doors in her career, it looked good on her resume, and she made worthwhile memories in the process.
charmaine's degree was pursued and secured with the knowledge that she would be working in a specific field and that was exactly what she wanted. the first eighteen months after graduation, charmaine bounced from firm to firm and found herself resless with the clients, the lack of a challenge, feeling out of place all the time. she finally signed with a company that offered her all the benefits she was searching for and in the location she wanted. close to consequela.
she renewed her lease for the sixth time in may and eagerly agreed to a renovation. always on the hunt for her niche in the business, charmaine started taking clients independently (clients that her firm doesn't accept) in june. eleanor and consequela remain the driving force behind her determination to show her parents that being a caregiver doesn't mean that a career has to be sacrificed. charmaine is on the search for the perfect balance and it's one hell of a life.