Paula is a divorcee, teacher, and author. Actually, she supports Brendon's filmmaking, but viewed it as a nuisance or unhealthy for some reasons. She talks very frankly with Brendon about life issues, and they both make age-inappropriate jokes to one another, thereby creating much more of a friendship between them than is usual between a mother and son. She is highly critical of Andrew's (Brendon’s father) relationship with Linda, frequently mocking the age disparity. Paula occasionally interferes with Brendon's movies, out of boredom or thanks to manipulation by Jason or Melissa. She frequently attempts to improve Brendon's apathy towards his schoolwork, but to no avail. Paula performs terribly in pressure situations, such as job interviews and parent-teacher conferences. For roughly three years, Paula worked as a creative writing teacher for Roth University. After briefly losing this job, she was offered her position back at Andrew and Linda's wedding. At one time, she won the Nicest Teacher of the Month award. Her love life is practically non-existent. In the first episode of the series, Paula and Coach McGuirk go out on a date, but Paula can barely handle sitting through dinner, and they don't go out on a second date. In episode 2, she claims to have OCD (or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), explaining it is the cause of her blurting out curse words at parent-teacher conferences, lending to the episode's title. Jason and Melissa suggest in the series finale that Paula and McGuirk belong together, and Brendon hesitantly admits they look good together. her aunt, Fea was mauled by a bear.
