A brief acquaintance became something more when Catherine McQuade added Brendan on Facebook years later. But she was in a relationship, and he was shy
‘He accepted my friend request immediately and sent a funny message’: Catherine and Brendan, finally together.
When he got into film school in Sydney, I was living in a sharehouse with two of his friends. He’d be over at dinner parties, or getting a lift. He says I ignored him, but when you’re 23, you don’t look at a boy who’s 19. I was infatuated with Brendan the first time we saw each other again. We got each other’s jokes. We really understood each other. Usually, when you go out with someone, it’s clear you’re on a date and the agenda is: “Will we end up in bed?”.
One night, I convinced myself it would be nice to walk home after playing a gig. But really, I was walking down Sydney’s Parramatta Road hoping to bump into him. It’s a really long way with a darbuka drum on your back!A month later, I invited him to my studio. I’d dragged a mattress into the room. It was against the wall. The next minute it was on the floor, and we were kissing. Brendan said afterwards, “You’ve done the impossible. I’m speechless.
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