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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sometimes it isn't even drugs and alcohol. Entitlement and arrogance are on helluva cocktail. 
We have an older ftl sib who has pretty much never left home. His friends all did well in their early 20s during the dotcom era. Him notsomuch. The bubble burst he got a job working for I think Apple for a year or so. Social media heated up again so he quit to pursue start up riches. Again, nope! He started a good half dozen companies over the years  that went nowhere all funded by our parents. By the late 2000s he just gave up but refused to get another job. 
Our parents paid for his entire life, car, clothes, food, entertainment, wedding, (he was married 2 years and they lived with my parents) divorce, child support, medical bills, everything.
Our father was removed from a ventilitor earlier this year.  His only job was to take care of them in exchange for funding his life. He did the bare minimum and complained about "chores". 
We suggested moving mom to assistsed living because she was not doing well. Whatever wouldn't cover the cost we would sell their house. He hit the roof. Yelling, screaming threatening. We later figured out he didn't care about our mom's well being. He was approaching the age when most are prepping for retirement, for the first time in his life he faced the prospect of having to be an adult like the rest of us and pay his own bills and had no $$. 
He apologized but living a life of leisure with no responsibility on our parents dime made him an entitled, lazy jerk who lashed out when reality started to set in.  [/quote]

So sorry this happened to your family. Certainly a cautionary tale.[/quote]

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