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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bumping this because of a new wrinkle. I'm one of the PPs with a "failure to launch" brother in his 50s. I asked my parents why they just bailed him out, yet again, of a financial mess. Apparently my father asked my brother what his plan was if they didn't bail him out this time, and my brother said he'd kill himself. Do I think he'd kill himself? Probably not. He loves his kids too much, but my parents opened their (very meager) wallets upon hearing that. Ugh.[/quote]

My brother (late 30s) does the exact same thing.  Every time he needs my parents to sign him new lease (buy him a car or whatever)  he will say thing like: “don’t worry, I will be fine, I will just live under a bridge” or he will be sending emails saying “when I die, please know how much I loved you” Or, sometimes he will be talking about suicide.  This has been happening for couple of decades now. I cannot roll my eyes harder when I see those emails, but my parents completely freak out and take up another loan. They already depleted all their retirement savings and now they are getting into debt. [/quote]

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