my father in law made a comment similar to this recently. my wife has a younger cousin that's giving her aunt and uncle issues. her parents paid for her college which they forced her to finish. instead of getting a job in her major, she moved out to california. now she's living on a boat, and working at a ropes course. ok...fine. the problem is they're still funding her lifestyle with an allowance. they even bought her a house to live in here so she wouldn't move. the she even threatened to not come home for christmas after her dad said he would withhold money from her. anyway, some of the younger family members stick up for her, and just say it's her hippie nature. it's not the hippie nature at all. that's when my father in law made the comment that real hippie would up and leave, but not look for financial support from their parents. they wanted to live the bohemian life, but wouldn't draw from someone to do so. it was an interesting point.