Future Anticipator Gifts

"It seems like only yesterday that Dad told me I'll be an adult before I know it."

'For your information, I am engaging the energy of change and complexity to create the future I desire.'

Pipe Dream.

"Work hard. Save money. Work hard. Save money. Work hard. Save money. Work hard. Save money. Yay!!! I died rich!"

"Some day, son, all this will be your ex-wife's."

"Where would you see yourself in five years' time?"

"Doing your homework may lead to a job that has homework."

"Three more years of high school."

Road Forks in the Road: No Way and Yes Way.

"When I grow up, I want to go into medicine and help people who can pay out of pocket."

"The amnio's fine, the sex is male, and the name is Wade."

'May I be excused? I just checked my college investment portfolio online, and I feel sick.'

'A depressing thought just came over me. Now we'll have to go out and get a job!'

"I'd like to thank my parents and my creditors for making this possible."

Do you have to write the 5 paragraph essays to be a rich investment banker? Or rock star? Or famous actress? No. No. And no. Then why learn to write one? So when those jobs don't work out

'As you can see, it's too late for a termination...Baby is capable of surviving outside the womb...'

"One day, my boy, all this will be retirement homes."

'Your pediatrician? No. . . I'm your baby's college admissions representatives.'

'I told you hard work would pay off in the third grade, Cate...You've had three job offers.'

Saving for College.

'I see you in five years from now, you're still coming to see me. Do you want me to book the appointments in advance?'

'I considered running away, but since I'll probably be living at home until I'm 38, it's a bad career move.'

"Where do you expect to be ten years from now?"

'Will I have to be a mum when I grow up?'

Yes, I agree that man is a master of his own destiny but sometimes it helps if you pass algebra.

'When I grow up I want to join the SWAT team!'

Through These Hallowed Halls, walks Our Future - "Talk about putting pressure on a guy!"

What will the little one be? Epidemiologist? Virologist? PPE manufacturer?

Astrological forecasts of the rich and famous

"Something will fall down from the sky and it will be the end of the world - just because you didn't eat all of your carrion for lunch, my boy!"

"It will be all your fault."

"Where am I going to college? I thought this was college."

"My parents are going to pay for my education but I'm on my own for any attorney's fees."

'No, Adam, 'awesome' is not an acceptable choice of what you want to be when you grow up.'

'There's so much I want to do with my life...before I reach the age of criminal responsibility, that is.'