Financial Independence Seeker Gifts

"Well, go get a job and move out if your allowance doesn't have the purchasing power it did when you were fourteen."

Will work for ETFs

"If I made as much as him, I could retire in a couple of days"

"Yeah, you could say I've got mother issues....she told me I have to move out!"

"I'm trying to achieve total harmony of body, mind and cashflow."

Investing your savings

"My parents said that until I find a job and move out they will not recognize me as a sentient being."

"Your mother and I think it's time you got a place of your own. We'd like a little time alone before we die."

"Here's what you wanted – a strategy to live abundantly, build capital, surpass your peers and disappoint your heirs."

"All I ask is a chance to ruin my life in my own way."

"Grandpa, tell us again about pensions!"

Medical student overdrafts...careers in the law.

"I hate check writing, but, hey, it pays the bills."

Having installed a hydraulically operated wall in their 25-year-old's bedroom...

Ethanol and foreign oil.

"And to finally break free from the crippling burden of my student loans."

'Having the money tree has really helped out.'

"You have to let me make my own mistakes."

'...and please God, protect the social security fund for another sixty years.'

"Your EKG corresponds with the stock market report."

"You want to withdraw your money? There's a fee for that."

"To heck with a husband... just help me find a dependable electrician."

'You let me out. What I do when I'm out is my business.'

A Balanced budget.

'I want to go out of town so that I can become a fully independent person, but near enough so that I can bring my laundry home.'

'I find the best way to get them to grow up is to buy them a 1-way ticket to Europe, and let them work their way back.'

'If the best things in life are free, we have too many of the worst things.'

'You're lucky you're just a kid and don't have to worry about things like going out and getting a job when you're supposed to be retired.'

'The pain in my head always seems to subside when I flush your bills down the toilet!'

'I didn't make any money last year because you destroyed my incentive the year before.'

The end of boardroom table establishes independence

'Motivation...I want huge amounts of money. Vast amounts of cash.'

"Apparently he told Chris Tarrant it was just enough to pay off his mortgage!"

"And since when does being twenty-five and married and living in Dallas excuse you from a family meeting?"

'Your assets are perfectly safe with us, it's ring fenced - and of course we reconcile regularly sir.'