Time to grow up, son

[MacBeth]

A 25-year-old Spanish man has been ordered to leave home and find a job after he took his parents to court once they stopped giving him spending money.

As CNN is reporting, the man from Andalusia in southern Spain demanding a monthly allowance of $588 after his parents refused to give him anymore money unless he tried to find a job. The man, who has not been named in court documents, must now leave his parents' house within 30 days.

The judge ruled that in this case the man had "sufficient ability to work" and could not expect his parents to support him, although they will likely continue to cover their son's monthly car payment and will pay an additional $292 a month to help with his "emancipation."

Though the man's case is less surprising given Spain's youth unemployment rate of 43 percent (reportedly the highest in the European Union), the Telegraph notes he exemplifies a generation dubbed "ni-ni," as many are neither studying nor working. Though the man is reported to have been studying law, the court noted he was making slow progress on his degree, which he is not expected to complete for several more years.

As Euro Weekly News reports, the man also admitted to abusing and verbally insulting his parents.





www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/29/unemployed-spanish-man-court-order_n_855222.html

[wheelspinner]

He sounds a real charmer. Why wouldn't they want him living with them.

We call such people KIPPERS - Kids In Parents' Pockets Eroding Retirement Savings.

[MacBeth]

I call them DTPC - Deadbeats The Parents Created

Those of us that refuse to say no to our young children will find themselves saddled with this sort of problem in later years.

You have to wonder if this young man will ever really grow up. It seems clear his parents did not want that for a long time.

[Pax]

That kind of mentality is stunning.

I actually roomed with a guy like that back in my twenties. His parents were successful, had a nice home on Long Island. Neither of their children went to college. My roommate's older brother worked as a grocery store bagger. My roommate was kicked out of his previous place -- we took him in "for a few days." We should have known better. He ended up staying eight months, never worked a day.

He loved to watch TV, and we loved to watch rented movies. He'd get pissed off if we happened to rent a movie that had been on TV in the prior few weeks.

My best friend, who also lived with us, generally cooked dinner. I remember one night he made angel hair rather than spaghetti. No difference except it's thinner, right? Well, this guy had loaded up his plate, discovered that it was angel hair, then refused to eat it.

This guy said he'd love to work in a stereo store, and sure, he probably could have done it; he was an audiophile. My best friend found a store with a "help wanted" sign, and this guy was going to go on a job interview the following afternoon. That day I happened to be sick as a dog and came home. I called my best friend to tell him. This guy stood next to me actually thinking that I would cover for him.

He even had the balls to complain to our landlady about how mean we were to him. She knew the situation, and cut him a new one. If words were daggers, you'd need a sponge to pick him up after that sweet diatribe.

I've grown a spine since then... these make for great stories, but, EIGHT MONTHS... after two months, any responsibility for him screwing us sat squarely on our shoulders.

Anyway, yeh, there are people like this. They make you think, "How can these people with such comically outrageous senses of entitlement actually exist?" But they do.

[oskar]

I grew up, didn't like it and am now reverting into my second childhood.

[MacBeth]

With life experience, we can get the second childhood right ;D