Canned

I was canned, so I have to move back in with my parents. How can I survive this hell?

Stu, Norwood, OH

Jimmy The Bartender® answers

Free housing and home-cooked meals? Good lord, what else will those demons put you through? Listen, brother, you're lucky: You need a bailout, and your parents can give you one. It's not glamorous, but neither is your bud's Cheetos-stained couch. You wouldn't bring a woman home to that, either. So suck it up. Save some money. Look for a new job. If you act like an adult -- help out around the house, make dinner once a week, whatever -- your parents will treat you like one.