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Will this boomerang come back?

792 views 15 replies 8 participants last post by  emdeengee 
#1 ·
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...evicted-from-parents-home-20180522-story.html


In a real-life case of "Failure to Launch," an upstate New York judge Tuesday ordered a 30-year-old man to move out of his parents' house after they went to court to have him ejected.

Michael Rotondo told the judge he knows his parents want him out of the split-level ranch they share. But he argued that as a family member, he's entitled to six months more time.


 
#2 ·
I feel for the parents but wonder if maybe a bit more tough love at a younger age would have helped. Either way he is a grown man and not mentally impaired he needs to move on in his life. The would mean taking responsibility for himself.
 
#4 ·
He did an interview on CNN.
This 30 year old millennial has a unique outlook on life.
He says he wants to move and get out of his parents house, but when the CNN host asked "Why you don't you move out tomorrow?" He responded with "I don't have the means to move out tomorrow."
When asked if he had a job, he said "No, but has plans for a way to support himself down the road."

Just a guess, but I would have to say the parents enabled him all of his life, and finally got tired of it. Now they are trying the "tough love".

Just a little bit too late, I think.
 
#5 ·
He did an interview on CNN.
This 30 year old millennial has a unique outlook on life.
He says he wants to move and get out of his parents house, but when the CNN host asked "Why you don't you move out tomorrow?" He responded with "I don't have the means to move out tomorrow."
When asked if he had a job, he said "No, but has plans for a way to support himself down the road."

Just a guess, but I would have to say the parents enabled him all of his life, and finally got tired of it. Now they are trying the "tough love".

Just a little bit too late, I think.
 
#8 ·
A parents job is to prepare a child to deal with and live in the real world. It is clear that these parents did not do this but raised a lazy, spoiled and entitled son. And one who obviously does not care for the health or happiness of his parents let alone their financial safety. If he did he would not inflict himself upon them and take advantage of them when they clearly do not want him living with them. He is not a child but an adult - they owe him nothing.

If by boomerang you mean that when they are really old and infirm he might pay them back for evicting him by not helping them - well I sure would not be counting on him if I were them. And I would make darned sure he did not have power of attorney or any say in my medical care.

It actually makes me weep for the parents - because they did so much wrong in raising their son but also because of his character. Such a disappointment. I know people (from my generation and their kids) who were raised with every advantage and yet they did not turn out to be selfish and lazy just because they had fine characters.
 
#9 ·
I agree with this. This is mostly on the parents. By boomerang I mean what they call "kids" that move back home and stay.

On the flip side I know parents that let their kids move back home after college to pay down student debt. Often works out for all parties . Not the case here I don't think though.
 
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