Kevin's family (I am still not sure if I have them find out beforehand or after): Mother and Father will most likely think of it as another proof of him being impulsive and not really knowing what is good for him. His sisters will probably not mind much to one way or another, mostly think that they are cute if they happen to see them in a good day :p<br/><br/>He does have two people who help him with the work load at times and take care of client contacts. Most likely people who he discusses with mostly at phone rather than meeting personally usually, save for meetings perhaps once a month to go over how the business has developed and what will the goals for next month be. They would probably be surprised more than anything, seeing that Kevin is mostly known as the guy who spends his time by himself.<br/><br/>As for how much did he think it through: I think that he thought about it some, but still acted much in impulse too. How I would see it is that he read more in depth article about these things somewhere and maybe even saw some in TV show or such. Then started to think about it but could not really get peace of mind from it till he decided to actually do it.<br/><br/>It is huge change in his life, and I think that what got him to take that step was wanting change and company. I think he has been thinking about it for like two weeks or such, acquired some information about these cat people and come to decide that he really likes the idea. Beyond that I do not think that he has necessarily thought about it much at all. He wanted more  life and changes to his life, and I think that how they happen will take him by surprise many times.