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I don't know how to start this, so I'll just cut to the chase. My friends get really touchy when I ask him why he doesn't talk to his family more.

He's 26, and doesn't have any basic adult skills. I've been having to teach him how to cook and drive, just to name a few. All I know is that his family never taught him anything. But whenever I try to find out why, because it's really weird to me, he just gets irritated, and will resort to either giving quick, hollow answers, or dodging the question entirely. It's also gotten to the point where he'll flat out get angry just for asking about it.

The part he is we've known each other for almost ten years, and I've never seen him get angry about anything. I mean it. There's literally never been any instances in that time where I saw him get pissed off. But when it comes to trying to talk about his family, he almost turns into a completely different person. He just becomes this rritable, vague recluse who tries to avoid conversation.

All I could find out that they never really talk to each other, even when he was a kid. He feels that they'll just get mad at the most random interval, and he still can't figure out why. He also deliberately separates his friend and home life (which I didn't even notice until now). He doesn't think they can him teach anythign without encurring their anger some how. He thinks it's better "not to risk it" and avoid them completely (if you try to ask him what he means -- he'll just get pissed). He goes out of his way to be as far away from his house as conveniently possible (like going to a college campus on the other side of town). And when at home, he spends pretty much all his time in his room, avoiding them.

I don't get it.