Gaining Independence Gifts

'Male, 38, still living with his parents. They asked us to keep him overnight, so they could change the locks.'

'What about you...you've been living here thirty years too?'

'Jenny, this is a really big step for mommy.'

"Well Mom, thanks for setting us up, getting me to the restaurant on time, and getting the conversation started, but I think I can take it from here."

"Your mother and I want to make your 21st birthday a moving experience. We'll help you pack."

'Bet you were beginning to think I'd never leave home.'

"I love you son, but don't you think that it's time to move out?"

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

"I'm still digging out from my parents."

"It says, 'Machine wash with, like, color,' but it doesn't say, like what kind of colors."

Jimmy suffered from a severe fear of flying.

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

'While cutting your mother's apron string is elective surgery, I would recommend it.'

Still living with parents....

Pony express. Pony express yourself. Pony express yourself so much he left.

Cellphone Islands

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

"I'm leaving. It's just way too much collaborating."

"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."

"Sorry kid, I work alone."

'She knew we'd try to talk her-out of it.'

Signing the declaration of independence.

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

'I'm sorry Timmy, but if I keep going for help, you'll never learn to take care of yourself,'

"Lost most of my sight, hearing, teeth and hair. Thank God I still god my driver license."

Ethanol and foreign oil.

What's your most popular drink? Why do you want to know? Why base your order on what other people are buying? Don't be a follower. Be your own man. If you're unfamiliar with a drink, ask what's in it and decide for yourself whether that sounds good. Or better yet, live a little. Take a risk. Choose a drink you've never had at random and see where it takes you. You only have one life. Don't live it following in the footsteps of other people. That's kind of harsh. No, it's the name of the drink.

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

And so Bob's folks sent him off into the world. But not before running a few last tests, just to be sure he could handle it.

"First buttons, then zippers, now we learn to tie our shoes. Is mom trying to tell us something?"

"Honey who needs a man when you've got... Rhythm!"

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

'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.'

"I work well independently. I usually correct all the problems I create."