Independence Enthusiast Gifts

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

'Just because you've got a cat-flap doesn't mean you can come and go as you please.'

'I'm all for independence.'

"No man is an island, that's true, but I come pretty close."

"An 'A' in 'Works Well Without Supervision'."

'I'll never understand parents. First they tell you to be independent, then they run right down to the IRS and declare you a dependent.'

Woman Leaves Husband 'Dave, I'm sorry, but I need to be on my own. Can you wheel these to the elevator?'

"Can a ten year old really declare his room a self-proclaimed state?"

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

"It's essential I go to work to avoid being with my family."

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

"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."

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

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

Ethanol and foreign oil.

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

"It's from the Hendersons. They want us to come over this weekend."

Catalan sentence

"I'm fine going all zoom."

"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.'

'Fersteimer believes in strictly minding his own business.'

"There's only me, but if you can wait till Thursday week, there's a bloke in the mail truck!"

Desert-Island Joke 2020: "Believe us, you're better off there."

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

"Beware of dog"

Mind Island

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

"What's the big deal. . . ? - We've been doing that for years anyway. . ."

". . . Then she married the wealthiest man in the word and they lived happily ever after, all be it separately."

"And we're just so proud you're walking to school alone. Aren't we, Harold?"

"I can't decide whether to run away or just get off the grid."

Musings of a Marooned Mountain Man

"Listen...Tonight I'll decide when I've had enough"