I think he may have handed in 4 applications in 3 years. All when our mother came to stay.

So he's not even trying...does he do odd jobs or anything?

No. He only leaves the flat when we force him to be social every few weeks.

Sounds like he could use some therapy...maybe a little tough love?

He's 23, so it's really up to him if he has therapy or not. My parents have made various plants of practically kidnapping him though.

They might get away with it, though they could get in trouble if things go wrong.

He has all ready lost his girlfriend of almost 4 years through how he acts. So really i don't think there'a anything we could do to change how he is.

Has he always been like this or is it just the last few years?

well, he had school or a job to stop him getting so bad before. But he quit his job to move here then never bothered again. It was there all the time, he just had certain things preventing it back then.

I have a question I want to ask, but it's personal and I have no business asking it so I'll restrain myself.

Ask away. I don't think I'll care to much.

I'm assuming the three of you share an apt. or house. Does he contribute financially?

We share a flat, and we all pay an equal amount each month. He worked full time for 3 years, and his gaming lifestyle meant he never really had any reason to spend that money. So he is actually more financially well of than us.
I also don't have a job, but I'm actively looking for one at least.

Ah, so it's not really that bad at the moment. It could be that if he starts getting low he'll get out and find another job. *hugs* I hope you can find a job soon. I was down for quite a while because I couldn't find a job, then I got accepted for disability, which has eased things tremendously.

I hate to run but I need to eat and then take a nap. I'll be back later. Thank you again for helping me reach my goal!

He's been lasting for 3 years off this money, and probably has another 2 or 3 years left. I don't know how he will be after 5 years of having no job and doing nothing but gaming..

It was good talking to you. See you later.

If he has a skill of any type he might be able to pick it back up.

He's a very skilled gamer. That's it.

That is a problem. What did he do before?

Basic floor staff in a super market, and then he got a small promotion to grocery assistant through being there so long. nothing much really.

Well, he could always go back to just a basic job. It's better than nothing.

I'm sure he could, but he wont. That's the problem :P

Well, if it gets to the point where he's running out of money, he won't really have a choice...

And by that time he'll have about 5 years without do ANYTHING in life on his record. That's really not something an employee is after.

Sadly, that's true. I wish I could help more, but in the end it's all up to him.

And sadly that's exactly where the issue lies.

Anyway, how are you?

Doing pretty good, it's a beautiful day! Just the right temp, with a lovely cool breeze blowing. Sadly, I'm about to go take a nap so I'll miss part of it.

It's all ready past 9pm here so my day is coming to an end. Can't say it was a very beautiful one either.

Aw, did you have bad weather? We have a chance of thunderstorms, which will be welcome for the rain.

I live in Scotland, so bad weather is the norm. We can get up to 3oo days in which it rains a year.

Oh, that would drive me nuts! I live in Texas, where the winters are usually mild and the average is 261 sunny days a year. Mind you it can get up to 100 and over in the summer.

When I was in America it was around 100 the entire time. it was insane. Going from so much rain and cold to 5 weeks straight of such intense heat. I liked it though. Much better than rain.

I agree. I much prefer heat to cold, I always have. I could never live any further north than I already do, and I wouldn't mind living even further south, maybe down by the coast.

You wouldn't ever want to come here then. Those hottest I've ever seen it here is 26 Celsius, which is just under 80 I think.

Yeah, living in England, Scotland or Ireland would not work for me. I used to want to visit Ireland when I was younger, but my traveling days are pretty much over now.

My traveling days are over for now, until I manage to get a well paying job with good holidays.

I'm not really physically up to long trips these days.

If i had the money I would be all over the world. There are so many places I want to visit, and I'm fully capable of doing so, besides the lack of funding.

how come you can't?

Between my heart and my lungs, I really don't have much oomph these days, and I have enough trouble with feet and ankle swelling without throwing flying into the mix. And of course there's always the financial side to consider.

I have a lung disease, hearing problems, arthritis and a few other issues myself. There are some areas I wont ever visit due to the effect they may have on my health.

*nods* These days NOTHING could get me to visit my sister. She lives in the mountains and I just wouldn't be able to breathe up there.

Well, this is going to be my last post for a few hours. Time for lunch and then a nap.