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[quote=Anonymous]It's not about age, it's about dependency.

My BIL went to college, graduated, and lived on his own for almost 8 years, in another state, working and supporting himself. He struggled some (couldn't find a job/career to land on and wandered a bit) but was in fact supporting himself.

Then at 29 he had a job loss, moved home with his parents, and literally never left. He didn't work for the first several years he was in their house. Then he worked but it was a minimum wage job. Then he quit that job and went back to school (on parent's dime) and got a 2nd degree with more of an eye towards a career. Started that career (still living in parents house). Did it for 3 years, then either quit or was fired (unclear, I suspect fired but playing it off as quitting) and has been unemployed since.

He has not supported himself in 20 years. But he went to college (actually went twice) and supported himself for nearly a decade before that, even if he wasn't exactly flourishing.

He's still a failure to launch. Never married, no kids, barely has friends (a handful of people he's met through work or knew from school, but all have had families and careers and left him behind which makes it hard to maintain friendships). [/quote]

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