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08-02-2007, 04:12 PM
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News, What would you do about this old kid? But Mom! The other 61-year-olds get an allowance!
ROME (Reuters) - A Sicilian mother took away her 61-year-old son's house keys, cut off his allowance and hauled him to the police station because he stayed out late.
Tired of her son's misbehavior, the retiree in the central Sicilian city of Caltagirone turned to the police to "convince this blockhead" to behave properly, La Sicilia, one of Sicily's leading newspapers, reported on Thursday.
The son responded by saying his mother did not give him a big enough weekly allowance and did not know how to cook.
But Mom! The other 61-year-olds get an allowance! - Yahoo! News (broken link)
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08-02-2007, 04:47 PM
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Unfortunately, this isn't just prevalent in the Italian culture. I thought it was also a Latin culture deal until I met a Caucasian lady who is still supporting her 51-year old. We are not talking about a person with a disability, but an able bodied man who has been enabled by his mommy his entire life. I think it's a way of a parent exercising control by "fixing" the son's/daughter's issues...no sense of accountability.
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08-02-2007, 10:41 PM
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Señor Member
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Beautiful Upstate NY!
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Where's Tony Soprano when you need him????
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08-08-2007, 02:15 AM
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Go Lakers!!
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
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There was a 79 year old who was in the Obituaries yesterday and it said that he lived with his Stepmother his whole life until he died. He was a Lawyer.
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08-12-2007, 06:32 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: NE Ohio
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I don't buy it. The child has to be mentally defective to settle for this kind of life.
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