A video has emerged of an unemployed 30-year-old British man who lives with his parents complaining about the size of his new bedroom.
It’s not clear when and where exactly the video was recorded, but it first popped up on TikTok back in early April.
Watch a copy of the video below:
Jobless and spoiled 30 year old son is mad at his parents because he doesn’t like his new bedroom.
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) July 1, 2023
The video begins with a narrator saying a “spoiled 30-year-old son [is] arguing with his parents because he doesn’t like his room.”
“Michael, what do you expect. You’re 30 years old,” the mother, who sounds an awful lot like Sen. Elizabeth Warren, says.
“You’re 30 years old and you still want to live at home? You live where you’re put,” the father then says.
The frustrated son then blurts out, “You know where we’ve come from. I’ve got a double room. Why are we even here? Why have we moved here?”
The mother then says that they moved there while he was gone, which prompts him to reply, “And now I’m back … to what? A shoebox.”
“If you don’t like it, you know what to do,” the father replies.
“Oh, like that, is it? You wouldn’t kick her out, would you? … Gracie this. Gracie that,” the son responds, referencing his 17-year-old sister.
“Shut up, Michal, for God’s sake,” the mother then says.
“You have to stand on your own two feet,” the father adds.
“So when I bring my friends around, where are we gonna go? Sit downstairs watching [undecipherable] with you lot?” the son replies.
This back-and-forth exchange continues for nearly three minutes.
The video has inspired a boatload of commentary, with droves of Twitter users slamming the 30-year-old and describing how they would have never acted this way.
Look:
When I turned 18, my father said “rent is £25 a week or 25% of your income, whatever is greater.” I moved out that year.
My heart aches for this fam.
— Jack B (@jayman) July 2, 2023
As someone who come from a broken family, basically raised myself since I was 9 and had a job and my own apartment at 15, I find this utterly sad. I have my complains about the way I was raised, but I’m so glad I’m not this guy. What a sad life. Talk about failure to launch..
— Libre Lenny | Mastodon: endtimebelievers.com (@LibreLenny) July 1, 2023
My old man kicked me out when I turned 17, I never took a dime from my parents from that day on. 6 years later I have thanked my Dad & given back to my parents what it cost them finically to raise me, however their time and dedication raising me is priceless.
— Sperlo (@DefiSperlo) July 2, 2023
I had to start paying rent as soon as I left school at 18, even tho I was jut working for a year to save for uni. After I left for uni my room was gone, except for a few days visits. I did any job I could after that – shop work, babysitting etc. They should evict him, frankly.
— Someone’s Mum ♀️ (@JustBusyWriting) July 2, 2023
I had jobs at 12, 14 & 16 onwards, outside school hours.
One summer I had to work 4 P/T jobs & give my mum every penny as she’d lost her job.
I left home at 17.
Years later I moved back for a while but paid full market value rent & kept her house lovely.
The problem is this: pic.twitter.com/vIlYmrL4qT
— Chocolate Monster (@DoubleChocChip) July 2, 2023
Later on in the video, the mother points out that she and the father have been struggling.
“We haven’t been working. We’ve had to downsize. You know this. We’d have this discussion with you, and you’ve not even bloody worked. Are you going to even pay any rent?” she says.
But instead of having a moment of introspection, the son replies with indignance, as usual.
“I’ve just finished uni. You know what it’s like trying to get a job. … I have a job interview on Monday,” he says.
This inspires the father to point out that the son is going to have to pay some rent one way or another.
“What for — a shoe box?” the ungrateful son replies.
“We can’t afford to keep you,” the father responds.
The son certainly isn’t the first of his kind. Back in 2018, a 30-year-old man who lived with his parents called the cops on them because they refused to provide him with access to his Legos. No joke.
The tragic but admittedly hilarious incident occurred in the New York town of Camillus as Rotondo, who rose to notoriety after a local court ruled that he must vacate his parents’ home, was packing the last of his belongings into a station wagon.
Deadbeat manchild finally moves out, but first he calls the cops on his parents over his Legos https://t.co/8PSFY8aAep pic.twitter.com/ES8smLeBEA
— Conservative News (@BIZPACReview) June 2, 2018
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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