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So he drops the retirement plan line, which is less an argument and more a declaration of ownership. It takes the parent-child relationship and flips it into a long-term extraction strategy, like parenting is an investment account that matures when the child feels like cashing out. And it’s said with that casual confidence people get when they have never had to test their nonsense against consequences.
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I (42F) told my 24-year-old son he has 30 days to move out after he called me “his retirement plan”
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Cue the relatives chiming in from a safe distance. Kids these days can’t afford to move out, which can be true, but it lands differently when the kid in question can afford new gadgets and restaurant meals. This isn’t about housing prices, it’s about somebody getting too comfortable being subsidized.
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A 30-day cutoff is not heartless, it’s a hard reset. If a son wants to talk like a financial plan, a mother can respond like a budget.
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Mother kicks out 24-year-old son after he calls her his retirement plan when she asks him to start paying $400 in rent a month: '[He] still lives at home rent-free. Spends his money on gaming, eating out, and new tech'
A mother asked her adult son for rent, and he responded by announcing she was the investment portfolio.
A lot of adult kids are not exactly failing to launch adulthood, they're just nesting with benefits. It starts out looking reasonable: save money, get settled, figure things out. Then it quietly turns into a lifestyle where the fridge refills itself, the internet is a basic human right, and adulthood is something that happens to other people with less interesting gaming setups. Any hint of rules shows up, and suddenly the vibe becomes, why is everyone being so intense right now, as if asking for rent is a betrayal instead of a calendar.
This is the particular kind of entitlement that shows up with a straight face and zero shame. The son has a degree, a decent job, and the financial priorities of a teenager with a credit card. Money disappears into takeout, tech, and little dopamine purchases, then reappears as outrage the moment someone suggests contributing to the household. It's not even subtle. The message is, comfort is the plan, and someone else should fund it.
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