
It also sounds like he was basically guilted into taking his mom and brother, he lives with them and understands they have a influence on him that’s hard to break from due to his living situation. He’s more aware of it now though, something I don’t think he was aware of at the time (cont. 2)
I’m not against him bringing his mom or brother though I am worried about his finances, his mom can’t afford it and his brother doesn’t have a job due to just graduating undergrad so he’d be paying for both of them to go. I told him he needs to talk to them and figure something out if we want to make this trip work- it’s not fair to him to bankroll them both completely, traveling is not a luxury