Sad to say somehow I raised a raging liberal. Not that he isn't surrounded by other family members that agree, but still. Anyway, I fear we may be one of those Civil War households. I told him to keep it down (playing a video game God this post just keeps getting more depressing) and he had a meltdown about how Trump is a fascist dictator. Didn't think it was the time to send this Babylon Bee article LOL. https://babylonbee.com/news/dangerous-fascist-dictator-censored-and-voted-out-of-office If there's any good news in this story, I think whatever HE reads to get his information must be chock full of pure PANIC. Otherwise you'd think he'd be glad to be rid of Orange Man Bad in a few days.
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WAY to old for a man-child to be at his parents' home.
I left home at 17.
Men only become men by being in the world on their own - without buffering.
A protected man-child will remain a man-child.
A man's strength of character comes in large part from parents who have the strength of will to overcome their own soft reluctance to push their loved children into the world's reality.
I am a woman, my parents paid for college and then I worked days and went to law school at night. That was a long three years - 5:30 am to 9:30 pm. I lived with my sister for awhile and we split rent in the city after her husband ditched her. During my last year of law school I moved in with my folks again until I got married shortly after graduation. Long time ago.
I never thought of sharing living space while people are saving up for their future as a huge crutch, I guess. Maybe it's different with men. They both work, and work pretty hard. They save their money, buy their own things - neither is extravagant in any way. Never turned down manual labor as beneath them which I was quietly very proud of, both excelled academically and a lot of those kids have huge entitlement thing. But still, I think given the recent attitude it might be time for some tough love.