Breaking Free from Family Expectations

my friend's cousin complied with his "cool" family's demands Jack was 28 and

still living in his parents’ large two-story house, but he wasn’t freeloading.

He paid the electricity, water, internet, and other major household bills,

which were expensive due to the size of the home. His parents, Bob and Mary,

never appreciated this and looked down on him for being quiet, nerdy,

and working a job they didn’t understand. His younger sister Tina, favored for being

popular in high school, had already moved out, married a well-off

man, and started a family. Even though she no longer lived there,