TLDR; Family member is a typical “failure to launch” case, 45 and has no plans to leave (retired) parents house, and it’s starting to come to a head, wondering what can be done and if it ever turns out good?
Just a brief backstory, the family member has lived with their parents for their entire life. Went to college, graduated, held a job for maybe 5-6 years before quitting and then doing nothing. Lives at home with his (now) retired parents. I think recently they started doing odd jobs once in a while (doordash, cat sitting etc) but nothing to the point where they would be able to support themselves. I am close with the parents, and while it has been an issue for a while, its starting to get to a head. The parents are in their retirement years and want to enjoy it, but the “failure to launch” child is causing issues. Im sure there are some (undiagnosed) personality disorders, but at the end of the day, they are a fully functioning, healthy, college educated adult who should be able to take care of themselves
Obviously, i think the solution wouldve been for the parents to stop enabling the behavior years and years ago, but im just wondering what should be done at this situation, and any advice around it
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The parents can consult legal advice on how to evict their son, cause that guy ain’t leaving on his own. It will be very ugly, as he is very used to sponging off his parents, but that’s the situation they’ve put themselves in, unfortunately.