re: My son graduated from LSU in May and won't get a job.

Yes, there appear to be a number of kids who are just not that motivated. I would sit down with the kid and work out a reasonable timeline for him to either get a job or join the military. If he gets a job he has three months to put money away for living expenses. Come hell or high water, he needs to move within three months of getting employed. He needs to show you credible evidence on a weekly basis of job hunting. Have it understood that if he is not employed within two months, you will move all of his stuff (most clothes, all jewelry, all toys, etc.) to an undisclosed storage facility and the only way to get his stuff back is to get a job and get out on his own. Stand firm to your word on this. Also, if the car is already in his name, cut the insurance on the next renewal cycle, and cut off payments for his cell phone.

That may be a tad over-simplistic, but I don't know your full circumstances, so I am offered advice on what I have to go on.

If he's under 30 take him to the Air Force Recruiter's office if nothing else works.

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I think it's common to still live at home until married in every country besides the US.

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This may be true but when I was a business trainer here I met MANY Japanese in the 30s and 40s and even a couple of 50 somethings who still lived at home.

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That's pretty cool your kids were able to grow up in Japan though.

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It was a little hard for them when they were in elementary school, being half Japanese/America, with the bullying. But now that they are older, they're superstars wherever they go. It's helps that they are all good looking kids I guess.

How old is the son in this case?

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It was a little hard for them when they were in elementary school, being half Japanese/America, with the bullying

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The bullying happens for any foreigner from what I gathered. A really good buddy of mine moved to Australia from the States when he was young and according to him was tormented and bullied every day.

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You want him to take a local job?

Good job raising a kid who's stuck to your hip the rest of your life.

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Maybe the father wants him to stay in NOLA. The city itself is cooler than any other city I've ever lived or been to.

I would immediately file any statement my parents had on where they would want me to live in the trash.

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I would immediately file any statement my parents had on where they would want me to live in the trash.

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Yup.

Come to think of it, it's kind of strange to be so insistent that your kid gets "off your payroll", yet insist they never move away.

Sorry your parents touched you

Is this your son?

This is how I imagine Dixie over the course of the last page and a half