Retired Couple Who Welcomed Adult Son Back Into Home 'Always Saw This Shit Coming—Look At Him'
LANSING, MI—Saying it came as no surprise to either one of them, local retired couple Ken and Marie Brooding, who recently welcomed their grown son, Matt, back into their home both stated in their own way that they had sort of "always seen this shit coming.”
“Not to put too fine a point on it,” began Mrs. Brooding, “but ever since Matt pulled out of our driveway almost 15 years ago and headed off to art school, I've had this vision of that same Kia Sportage someday driving right back into the garage, fully loaded with all his easels and shit, with that same smirk on his face the day he left that seemed to say, 'you know this only temporary, right?' Sighing, Brooding continued, “Well, yeah, we kind of actually did.”
Echoing his wife, Ken Brooding added, “I have no idea if Marie wanted him back or what, but one of them subtly had something in mind regarding his future living situation. I mean it's no coincidence those Star Wars bed sheets stored in the closet have been so accessible for the last ten years.” Brooding chuckled, “So, yeah, it was always kinda sorta always in the back of our minds,” he continued, “we just didn't know when.”
Sources added that despite Matt's return always being semi-possible-ish, both Mr. and Mrs. Brooding have also remarked that they've tried to maintain hope he'd settle down in some nearby town eventually.
“There was a good, solid three-year period following his graduation, which finally took place a lingering seven years after his first freshman orientation, in which I started to gain some confidence he'd remain on his own.” Mrs. Brooding continued, “a confidence that was soon crushed when he showed up on Thanksgiving of 2018 with his college futon strapped to the roof of a used Subaru hatchback he'd borrowed from a friend, saying he just needed to 'store it somewhere.' Which I maybe, somewhat took as a subtle warning of things to come.”
“I also thought it was weird when I saw a tape measure resting on the nightstand of his old room when he came to visit one weekend,” Mr. Brooding added, “and then told me the next morning at breakfast that our basement was also perfect for 'renting out' to 'someone.' That was possibly another red flag that he'd ultimately return.”
At press time, when sources reached out to Matt for comment, he simply replied life has been “pretty good” since moving back in.
"My mom has fully reverted to pampering me. I pretty much totally saw that shit coming.”
