Despite being told repeatedly that son Matthew works as an IT adviser for an up-and-coming Indianapolis-based communications company, the two parents are still only able to acknowledge that he "does something with computers."
"Matthew has been extremely successful at... well... that thing he does," said 53-year-old Mr Croft. "What is it called again?"
Even though they are extremely proud of Matthew, the parents have tried and failed to explain to family members that their son is a technical adviser to several influential companies and is a professional HTML interface designer.
"We always knew Matthew would go far in life," said proud mother Pauline. "Granted, he's not the best-selling author we'd hoped he'd be, but at least he's passionate about whatever it is he does. What does he do again, Michael? Something to do with the World Wide Net?"
Their inability to comprehend Matthew's vocational interests is believed to stem back to their son's days at college, when they described his pursuit of a B.S in Environmental Science as "an interesting choice".
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