[Parlay44]

Parents fight to evict 41-year-old son

Family take legal action over unwanted house guest



A couple in Italy are seeking legal action over their live-in son who has overstayed his welcome - by around 20 years.

The unnamed parents are seeking a court order to evict their cosseted 41-year-old, who refuses to leave the family home in Venice despite all their pleas.

According to Italian media reports, the couple are exhausted by continually catering to their son's needs, including doing his cooking, shopping, washing and ironing.

"My wife is suffering from stress and had to be hospitalised. He [the son] has a good job but still lives at home," the father is quoted as saying. "He demands that his clothes be washed and ironed and his meals prepared. He really has no intention of leaving."

The parents have now approached the legal department of a consumer association, ADICO, for help in getting their son to fly the nest.

Lawyers from the company have sent a letter to the son, warning him to vacate the house within six days or face legal action.

An ADICO spokesperson said hundreds of families in Italy faced similar difficulties with getting their adult children to leave home.

A recent survey suggested nearly half of all adults aged between 18 and 39 still live with their parents in Italy.

[Caligula]

Very common in Italy, though this is an extreme case.

Same happens in Japan but there it's mostly women who live at home while earning plenty of disposable income. Hence the prevalence of the pay by the hour love hotel.

I wonder why they don't have a love hotel culture in Italy?

[Parlay44]

I guess they wouldn't care as much if he was married and living at home.

Japan and Italy are very Old World. You're not looked at as a loser if you're
still living at home.

It's kind of a big stigma in the US after a certain age at least.

[Chad Daring]

(09-22-2011 02:33 PM)Parlay44 Wrote:  

I guess they wouldn't care as much if he was married and living at home.

Japan and Italy are very Old World. You're not looked at as a loser if you're
still living at home.

It's kind of a big stigma in the US after a certain age at least.

From what I've read this is fairly common in most countries that aren't America or its sidekicks. I even read something that stated its a big reason why were in such a financial clusterfuck right now. Families are breaking up because kids are trying pursue this ideal of freedom and so rather then having X number of adults (lets say 4, 2 parents, 2 kids) in one home consolidating their money, you've got 4 adults in 3 homes (parents in one, each child in their own) splitting their money up. Because of this its much harder for EVERYONE to save up and get the money required to ease the process of moving up in the world.

(sorry dont have links)

[Parlay44]

(09-22-2011 03:43 PM)Chad Daring Wrote:  

(09-22-2011 02:33 PM)Parlay44 Wrote:  

I guess they wouldn't care as much if he was married and living at home.

Japan and Italy are very Old World. You're not looked at as a loser if you're
still living at home.

It's kind of a big stigma in the US after a certain age at least.

From what I've read this is fairly common in most countries that aren't America or its sidekicks. I even read something that stated its a big reason why were in such a financial clusterfuck right now. Families are breaking up because kids are trying pursue this ideal of freedom and so rather then having X number of adults (lets say 4, 2 parents, 2 kids) in one home consolidating their money, you've got 4 adults in 3 homes (parents in one, each child in their own) splitting their money up. Because of this its much harder for EVERYONE to save up and get the money required to ease the process of moving up in the world.

(sorry dont have links)

I blame women. LOL

If they weren't such stuck up bitches these days you could be living large at home with your girl and it wouldn't be a big deal.

I tried that shit a while back but my ex and my mother couldn't share the same space. Recipe for disaster.

I don't care if I'm dirt poor. I'll always live alone over live at home.

[mofo]

Xavi, the famous FC Barcelona player lives with at home with his family. He is 31. Interesting.

He seems like a humble, chill, cool dude.

[UgSlayer]

(09-22-2011 04:59 PM)mofo Wrote:  

Xavi, the famous FC Barcelona player lives with at home with his family. He is 31. Interesting.

He seems like a humble, chill, cool dude.

The guy made 21 million euros. His family is living with him. But he does seem like a cool guy. He bought his mother a toaster with the first money he ever earned.

[Samseau]

(09-22-2011 03:43 PM)Chad Daring Wrote:  

(09-22-2011 02:33 PM)Parlay44 Wrote:  

I guess they wouldn't care as much if he was married and living at home.

Japan and Italy are very Old World. You're not looked at as a loser if you're
still living at home.

It's kind of a big stigma in the US after a certain age at least.

From what I've read this is fairly common in most countries that aren't America or its sidekicks. I even read something that stated its a big reason why were in such a financial clusterfuck right now. Families are breaking up because kids are trying pursue this ideal of freedom and so rather then having X number of adults (lets say 4, 2 parents, 2 kids) in one home consolidating their money, you've got 4 adults in 3 homes (parents in one, each child in their own) splitting their money up. Because of this its much harder for EVERYONE to save up and get the money required to ease the process of moving up in the world.

(sorry dont have links)

And yet, despite all the money saved, birthrates in Europe are lower than in America.

[mycleverid]

(09-23-2011 08:29 AM)Samseau Wrote:  

And yet, despite all the money saved, birthrates in Europe are lower than in America.

If mom is in the next room blaring a re-run of Cosby Show, or whatever the Euro equivalent would be, at 1am, it is hard to feel sexy.

Living with the folks is not considered weird in most of the world. Even in America you can argue it's a unique feature brought about by the frontier and later good union jobs. For a long time, it was easy in America to setup a homestead at 22.

I suspect those days are coming to an end.