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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What will happen when the parents die?

I totally get anxiety and depression and phobias.  But it seems like not being able to take public transit or drive makes this guy completely dependent on other people.

It sounds like his family has been enabling him.  He needs to work with a professional or get medication in order to at least overcome the public transit issue so he can function.  Otherwise, when his parents die, he is going to have a rough time.

And it sounds like your partner will inherit the responsibility.

Have you discussed this with your partner?  [/quote]

His family absolutely enables him. His parents also do too much for my boyfriend as well. However, they had a very troubled childhood because of their father, and I can tell their mother does so much for them to try to assuage her guilt. I know this is a problem and it is something we talk about on an ongoing basis. My boyfriend is well aware that I refuse to support his brother the way his parents do.

Because of his career, if/when we get married, we will most likely have to move across the country within the next 5 years, so I am not too worried about his brother moving in with us or anything. At this point, we're young (I'm 20, bf is 25), so hopefully parents dying/brother becoming our repsonsibility is quite a ways off![/quote]

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