# Coworker asks if her teenaged son can live with you.  What do you tell her?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 19, 2016, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coworker-asks-if-her-teenaged-son-can-live-with-you-what-do-you-tell-her/772424 "2016-11-19T15:10:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coworker-asks-if-her-teenaged-son-can-live-with-you-what-do-you-tell-her/772424/141 "2016-12-03T01:51:36Z")

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> [@DSeid](#):
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> So it’s been two weeks …
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> Have you seen the coworker since? How have interactions gone?
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> You may not know, which is completely okay, but any word on how she is doing and what solution her adult son came up with, with or without her help?

What’s it to you? Seriously, I can’t figure out why you’re so emotionally invested in this.

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**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coworker-asks-if-her-teenaged-son-can-live-with-you-what-do-you-tell-her/772424/142 "2016-12-03T04:42:25Z")

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What’s “emotionally invested” about being curious?

Seriously, your comment is … strange.

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