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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let's say an adult male has never had a real job, as an employee, for 30-40 years, but finds odds and ends to earn a little money here and there, maybe earning under 20k per year in a low cost of living area with no family - no wife or kids, no live in girlfriend.  They are very positive, dreamer type, conversationalist, enjoy traveling to visit friends, hobbies.  Very carefree, zero responsibilities.  What do you call this type of person?  Is there a diagnosis?[/quote]

He or she may have ADHD by the sounds of it.

They sound like a mixture between an innocuous Ne’re do well and a bon vivant …

[b]Ne’er do well[/b]
an idle, worthless person; a person who is ineffectual, unsuccessful, or completely lacking in merit; good-for-nothing.

ne'er-do-well (plural ne'er-do-wells) A person without a means of support; an idle, worthless person; a loafer; a person who is ineffectual, unsuccessful, or completely lacking in merit; a good-for-nothing. quotations ▼ A person who is up to no good; a rogue.

The term [b]bon vivant[/b] is typically associated with the kind of sociable person who's good at entertaining and can keep the party going with a good story. However, the term is sometimes used to suggest that such a person is overly indulgent. Sometimes, bon vivant is written with a hyphen, as bon-vivant.

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