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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/UsefulEmotion5257 on 2026-01-15 01:30:53+00:00.
I (37m) used to have an older brother, but he passed away about ten years ago. I still keep in touch with his wife in order to be close to my nephew, who’s 23 now. I’m single and have no kids but I make time for him even though we live on opposite ends of the country.
Love my nephew but he hasn’t always made the best life choices. Think “barely scraped by with an English degree because I spent all college drinking and benching and chasing after girls” bad life choices. He had no job prospects when he graduated so I proposed having him come live with me for year and work at my company while he figured out his move.
Now I’m a bachelor through and through and one of the perks of that is not wearing pants when I’m at home. I’ve worked since I was 14 and reserve the right to wear boxers or tighty whities or whatever I want when I’m home. And if my adult nephew is going to live with me rent-free and cost my company health insurance I’m going to continue doing that.
The first night he made a couple cracks about me doing that but also asked a couple questions (why, did I always do that, etc). The next night when we got back from work he did the same thing (wear only underwear). I figured that he had always done it at home and just needed to get the lay of the land to be sure it wouldn’t be weird. From them on that was both of our loungewear attire at home. Our poor pizza delivery guys.
Anyway he ended up applying to grad school near his mom so moved back with her. She calls me angrily and tells me that he never wears clothes at home. I ask her if that’s new and she says he’s never done this before. We both die laughing, and she jokingly thanks me that it saves her time on laundry.
TL;DR by walking around my adult nephew in nothing but underwear, I’ve influenced him to do the same and pissed off his mother.