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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They sound vastly coddling and overprotective of him. He’s not disabled? Surely he’s heard friends and other people ask the same question.

I’ve been self employed for two decades and at one time was a stay at home parent. I get how that question can be awkward for people without W2s, but it’s a typical small talk thing.[/quote]

Pretty sure all the forms at the doctors office etc ask for your profession. What does the Large Adult Son write on the forms? He must have encountered the question before.

My brother is really bad at his job and doesn’t earn very much money. His wife is lazy and doesn’t work. My parents give them significant amounts of money so the grandchildren have a house etc. We have this same weird dynamic where saying anything at all about it is regarded as us being jealous or shaming them. Instead we are all required to pretend that he is very successful, and that he can afford the house, vacations etc. I also don’t know what to say when my kids want to know why his family can afford private school, a big house and expensive vacations while my husband and I each have two jobs each and we can’t.  He is favored and enabled and it is a form of parental welfare. [/quote]

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