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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sounds very much like a member of my family.  I've just given up. I've tried everything but nothing seems to make him want to change.

Living with the parents is the first problem.  They need to stop enabling him.  He doesn't have any motivation so long as there is a roof over his head.[/quote]

Here is the thing, I don't think I will ever be able to give up on him. In some ways, he is begging for our continued support. He talks about his life like it hasn't started yet. He talks about when he will get married and have kids. He talks about all the things he wants to do and the future. He is angry, but he is also generous and loving! There are so many layers to this onion. He loves my kids, he is so sweet to them. [/quote]

Then you need to make a plan with your parents for his ongoing care. Maybe they can leave him the house and he can live on his annuity and disability or social security. My husband's sister is like this and we have made it clear with his parents that she cannot live with us for various reasons.[/quote]

Our dad is married to my mom who is... the same age as him. She is an unbelievable step-mother and I don't think he can deny that, she really cares for him and has done everything to be a caring mother figure to him. His mom died when he was 18. My dad met my mom when he was 21 and they married two years later, I was born a year after that. [/quote]

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