Independence Gifts

"Don't think of it as divorce, Henry. Think of it as freedom...the next time you cheat on me with your secretary, it won't be cheating anymore."

'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.'

Freshman Ryan Brenneman was having a tough time acclimating to life away from home.

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

"Nope, I'm just not feeling it!"

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

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

"I haven't decided whether or not I want children, but I know I don't want any husbands!"

"Marry you?�Don't be so deeply unfashionable."

"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."

The quest for spinsterhood.

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.

'We've found that having our kids leave for college from an actual nest helps them to grasp this momentous passage in their lives.'

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

"The time will come, son, when you will move out of the basement and into a basement apartment of your own."

'I'm all for independence.'

"Sorry kid, I work alone."

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

"My son's a commonwealth - I give him money to be independent."

"I almost had a 'I need a man' moment last night....but then I managed to get the cork out of the wine bottle myself."

"If I'd lived back then, I would have signed it, too."

"Thanks, Steve, but I'm not ready to settle down just yet."

"Yes, they call us "feral", but be proud of that: it means we're shunning domestication!"

New Scoots for Old Coots!

"It was this, or move back in with my parents."

Signing the declaration of independence.

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

'If at first you don't succeed, don't plan on moving back home.'

'Peter's the masterful type - won't let me do a thing I don't want to!'

"As a member we can offer yoou long hours, hard work, self less devotion..." "What about the perks?" "Those are the perks"

'Girls don't like me, never have.'

'I always wondered what I'd do without your father and I found out I do quite well!'

'Son, your mother and I think it's time you got a place on your own.'

Yup. I did it my way. Boy, was THAT a mistake!

"You should have known she was independent when you found out she was born July 4th."