if only hed quit this silliness , get a real job , move out of his mothers house , get married , and live the normal life of a young adult it was a constant undercurrent in their relationship , and it never ceased to irritate steve that he had no choice but to deal with the guilt , since , after all , he was a twenty-four-year-old , perfectly capable , college-educated white male who lived with his parents because he chose not to work in any traditional sense .