Moving in with elderly parents because you failed

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP! I'm sorry that you are goig through this. With great planning, you will get through this. While it may feel like you're drowning, remember, others have gone through this and came out on the other side.

The secret to living with returning home is to make yourself indispensable.
Never let your parents regret having you there.
Pull your weight; help out before you are asked.
Get up at a decent time in the morning everyday.
Don't eat up all of their food.
When you start to earn money, pay a small bill. Even if they says no.
Buy some groceries.
Pay rent; not necessarily monetary but with deeds.

Good luck. Write out your plan and work it. Be patient with yourself and take it one day at a time.

Also, be cheerful! Fake it till you make it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, there are no debtors' prisons anymore, and I highly doubt your parents can be forced to pay for their grown son.

Worst case (I think) is that you are garnished for any wages and forfeit any tax returns, and you have to pay back steadily and surely. That's not a blow to your parents. It may be a huge blow to your ego, but that is pride, not fear.

NP here and while that is true I'm really surprised OP can owe so much in back taxes and not be criminally prosecuted. It's one thing to make an error and owe the IRS a few grand. To have the amount of tax debt OP does it seems hard to imagine there was not a willful component to it.

[Anonymous]

OP, did you actually leave your first wife for your current wife?

If so, where did you meet her and how did you get together?