The London-based man, who has not been identified claimed that his parents had knowingly been nurturing his dependence on them for the last 20 years, only to recently ‘significantly reduce’ their financial support, after their relationship deteriorated. He wanted a judge to rule that his parents should continue supporting him, and his lawyers cited laws relating to marriage and children during a remote family court hearing. Interestingly, the 41-year-old unemployed lawyer is currently living rent-free in a central London apartment owned by his parents. They have also been paying all his utility bills as well, but apparently that’s just not good enough…
*****
My 18th birthday, my dad woke me up before he went to work and wished me a happy birthday, then told me to either have a job or be out of his house before he got home that night. I called a family friend that was a foreman at a photo developing plant and got a job. Two weeks later when I got my first check, they took 10% for room and board. It wasn't much but enough to make me realize that their obligation to raise me was done.
When I got out of the army, I stayed with them for a couple months. Mom was the one that broke the news to me that time - "I think it's time you moved on, son. You've got one month."
Those two things rated right at the top of the best things they'd ever done for me.
