In which our regular writers toss around
subjects a little more volatile than usual.
The Telegraph reports an Italian court has ordered a divorced father to pay child support for his 28-year-old son, who has already
meandered through one degree in literature and has now enrolled in a
post-graduate course in experimental cinema.
Tom: I bring this up, Immanuel Can, because this is not an isolated case.
Most parents have not been nailed for child support, but many all over the
world have their adult sons and daughters living in their homes well into their
thirties and beyond.
The phenomenon has a
name in Italy. They call it bamboccioni, which essentially means
“chubby children”. You had what I thought was a better idea, IC. How about “empty-somethings”?