Each week, local "women about town" Anjl Rodee and Marilynn Mee answer OnMilwaukee.com readers' questions about relationships, romance and whatever else is on your mind. They point out that this column is "for entertainment purposes only," but they mostly say that so they don't get sued. Send your questions to Anjl and Marilynn at anjlandmarilynn@staff.onmilwaukee.com.

Dear Anjl & Marilynn,

My kid has no ambition -- how do I get his 27-year-old ass off the couch and into college?

Dear Parental Doormat,

Marilynn: Your son has bigger problem than a lack of ambition or education -- he has parents allowing him to live at home and do nothing.

Anjl: Hey, at least he's on the couch and not in the basement building weapons and writing manifestos...

MM: How do you know he's not doing that during the night?

AR: Sociopaths wouldn't stoop to couch lounging during the day. Too bourgeois.

MM: Back to my original point: You need to ask yourself why you allow a 27-year-old to lay around on the couch all day ... I don't know if you've heard of this tough love thing, but it's time to give it a try. At 27, your son needs to either start working or go to school.

AR: Yeah, I agree with Marilynn. Give him a time frame that's reasonable; say, one month. That will give him time to save up for an apartment or find a roommate or something, but it sounds like you'd like him to get an education. I'd tell him he can continue living rent-free at home as long as he's enrolled with a full load of credits at school.

MM: Oh Anjl, you're always such a nice parent. I'm sorry, but at 27, living at home, he'd better have some money saved up. And if he doesn't, he'd better move out and make some.

AR: Let's refer back to your first comment, Marilynn: "He has parents allowing him ..." You can only give the freeloader half the blame when the parents let this go on for almost 10 years after high school. The situation is what it is, and needs to be addressed starting at this point. If you want him to go to school, and it sounds like you do, let him keep his already overused childhood bedroom until he gets his degree, or moves in with a coed.

MM: No wonder your kids turned out so fabulous ... I hate you! I can't even make my dogs behave!

AR: I have some advice about that situation, too, but we'll save that for another column.