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Originally Posted by golow
Adult (40+) sibling is coming to “visit” my parent. He has no home, no job or willingness to get one, no apparent assets or way to support himself. Is there any way this ends well?
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It possibly could end well, but before it does it could get quite messy if your sibling has any type of chemical dependency problem.
Years ago, I worked with a fellow who's adult daughter had a chemical dependency problem,
and he had tried to get her straightened out but to no avail.
In fact he had given up! She ended up staying in the home of her grandparents,
in short order she stole their car, totalled it and ended up in the hospital. Plus she was in big trouble with the law.
Well the good ending was after that happened it was finally enough for her to seriously get help
and try to straighten out her life. After many months she was sticking to it.
Unfortunately it usually takes pretty tough consequences to motivate people to change!