The 'I'm 40 and I'm still living with my folks' Syndrome

I can't begin to tell you on how many occasions I've seen it, and yet every time the same scenario continues to ring true without any particular form of embarrassment for the protagonist in our story. I'll elaborate more on the embarrassment portion toward the end of our story, but for now just sit back and read as I try to add a little fiction to this real-life scenario. The Greek fledgling -or protagonist- in our story will proudly bear the name, "Ahortaggomahos." His mission in life -if he chooses to accept it or not- is to try to fight off the abominable conditions and surrounding enemies that his 'Spartacus-like' parents try to train him for. Their graceful mastery of the arts do well in equipping him to ward off many potentially fatal pitfalls. Since they have been tempered for years in the heat of battle they seem to know well the enemy that continues to ostensibly grow in strength and numbers.
As the years passed, Ahortaggomahos eventually started to mature in strength and mind, and showed a fighting spirit that became known to many nearby villagers. His deeds and noble acts were continually recorded in his family's 'book-of-chronicled-acts', something that was passed on from generation to generation and which all families in Greece possessed. It was kept for posterity and to uphold the traditional values that set each family's heritage apart from the rest; because let's face it, the independent spirit that existed back then among them had created a competitive arena whereby each of them was like their very own gladiator fighting for their own space/property. That's why(as a side note-not taking the fictional-based story into consideration) Greece was mostly made up of a conglomerate of independent states that functioned as a whole, and which exists to some extent even today.
Anyway, getting back to our story - Ahortaggomahos found that the odds were against him since each battle with the enemy nearly cost him his life. So he decided that he would live with them until he felt he was safe enough to venture out on his own. He also felt that by living with them he might help to strengthen and protect his family from any unlikely calamity that may befall them, and also to contribute to their overall sustenance and security. His family -also by tradition- pressed him to pursue a lengthy training course that the world had to offer, which would presumably increase his chances of survival - provided that he pass of course.
During the years that he trained he became discouraged at the world around him and so he started to live a life full of debauchery. This behavior led him to squander most of his family's inheritance, which made him a burden to his family since they had to eventually take on his prodigal expenditures and pay off his debts. After many agonizing efforts from his family and friends he eventually rehabilitated himself and graduated at the top of his class. He was 35 years old when he graduated, and soon after he met that special someone that changed his whole life completely. It took him five years to find a job(succeed in combating the system) in his field; after that he later got married to that special someone and moved upstairs from his folks.
In a fictional and hyperbolic kind of way this story tends to highlight how close-knit each Greek family is and also how difficult it is to combat the shark-like Greek capitalist system. The embarrassing element for the protagonist, as I mentioned at the onset of this post, has to do with his public image to those who of foreign mentality view it as improper to live over a third of your life with your folks. Not that having a form of dependence on your folks is a bad thing, it's just that overdoing it may lead others to conjure up all forms of misunderstandings. However, I'll admit that if a foreigner were to grow up in such harsh conditions as is so prevalent(the social system, the justice system, the political system, the economic system, etc. etc. etc.) the case here in Greece, then they too may end up following the same scenario. Who knows?