One of life’s great truths is that you can carve your own path, follow your dreams, and start an empire, just as soon as you’re not typing your plan from someone else’s basement. There’s a whole generation out there convinced self-determination means making bold choices at family dinner, as long as someone else is footing the mortgage and leaving snacks in the fridge.

The generous sister’s younger brother and his wife have decided that nothing says ready for parenthood like not being able to pay rent while simultaneously entering the Great Sibling Birth Race. The plan is simple: move into big sis’s house, share the kitchen, and, as a bonus, add a newborn to the guest count. If you squint hard enough, any basement looks like an opportunity for generational wealth, or at least a nursery with borrowed Wi-Fi.