Leaving Home Gifts

Fish evolving: 'Write, if you establish a niche.'

Peas in a Pod

Moving on to flying. It's one of those things that probably won't be for you if you don't get it right the first time. Who's up first?

"You have to learn to stand on your own two feet."

Adult Book Store. Leaving home. Finding a Job. Getting Married. Buying a House. Raising Kids. Living with Stress.

"Maybe he's so sad that he's leaving us to go to college that he actually looks happy. Please don't ruin it for me with reality."

"Time for you to fly."

Adventure

"Hello, mom. You know how you were always telling me I could be anything I wanted to be? Well guess What."

"To subtle?"

"Mom, Dad, don't worry! I only want to leave you, but not your money!"

"You guys are like the worst parents ever! I'm running away to join Wall Street!"

"They say walking can change your life. Bye!"

"I realize times are tough, but it's time you went out on your own."

Daughter leaving run down farm to marry a handsome rich man

'Don't worry mother, he'll be alright in London with that introduction letter to a traffic warden.'

'It's my free-will, mother, and I'll surrender it to whomever I please.'

"We're leaving you two!"

'Go out there and carry an olive branch, son, but don't expect too much.'

Boomerangs Arguing

"Don't worry, Mom and Dad. I promise to only make mistakes you never made."

'There they go - off on their own - and a finer bunch of fledgelings one couldn't ask.'

'Shee-yoot. Now we ain't even a one-horse town.'

'Miss the ol' swamp, don't ya? The soft mud, the quiet, the moonlit nights...can I have your rig if you go back?'

"It's the happiest day of MY life too, son - I just let your old bedroom."

'Apparently he learned about heredity today.'

"Don't you think it's time you thought about getting your own place son?"

'I love you, Mom, but I'm going to live with the Obamas now and be the first son.'

'Alright! Alright! You can watch 'Countdown'.'

"Oh, don't jump. But at least learn to code."

"The bad news is that we're not your real parents. . . The good news is that you'll be out of the nest by February."

"And if things don't work out in the big city, Cindy, you can always come back home to me and Mom and our nightmare descent into booze and pills."

'Sure, go ahead! Evolve! It's all the rage, I know! Have fun! I'll just sit here in this murky, primordial soup with nothing but plankton for company. Why should you stay here with your mother? The one who raised you, fed you...'

"I can't get used to being a grownup."

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