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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She recently turned 31.
She lives at home with our parents, doesn't go out much except for work.
She doesn't have a boyfriend, and to my knowledge has never been on a date. Before anyone asks I'm certain she is straight.
She's not unattractive, but doesn't  do much with her appearance and her personality is to put it nicely " quirky".
She's educated.
I'm worried  she's  missing out on life, at her age I had just married and a place of my own, my youngest sister is more together than she is. I'm worried she'll never "grow up".
Is there  a way to approach this delicately.
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Don't be judgy. Be supportive. There are a lot of us in that boat to be honest.

In fact there was an article in the wapo in the last 18 months on how the 25-29 (so your sister falls in that age range when it was written) older millenial set showed the most economic damage compared to their older and younger siblings.

[quote]As you can see, among the youngest set — those 18 to 24 years old — the share stuck at home has been falling for the past couple of years as the economy has improved. But among the slightly older group, those 25 to 34, the share living in their parents’ basements has been rising.[/quote]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/rampage/wp/2015/07/14/older-millennials-still-stuck-in-their-parents-basements/

My siblings and parents are pretty understanding and realize it has nothing to with my responsibility or life skills (which I have more than my siblings) but purely economics.

If your sister is otherwise is healthy - i.e. eats well, sleeps well, exercises, maintains hygiene, etc. Then it isn't an issue of not 'growing up' but just not having the economic resources to do so.

I think culturally southern europe has it right on this one. [/quote]

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