“I’m not actually endorsing doing nothing.”Brendan Liaw joked that being a stay-at-home son was "a pretty good gig" on Jeopardy! But he also has many friends who stuck around the family home until much later in life. Social distancing in the pandemic inspired Abdullah Abbasi, 24, to start selling “Stay at Home Sons” merchandise with two of his friends in 2020. “If you look at it from Hollywood terms, I was like that loser kid that lives with his mom,” Abbasi said. “I can look someone in the eyes and say, ‘Hell, yeah, I’m a stay-at-home son’,” he said.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 17, 2026 17:15 UTC