Navigating Adult Children Relationships Gifts

"We'd like to divorce our children."

"I think the most rewarding part of caring for elderly parents is when they call you because they don't want to bother the 9-1-1 people."

'It seems to work, I couldn't afford a blackberry!'

"May we live in interesting times. And may we outlive them."

The day the cat realized it was dependent.

"Your momma lied to you, boy."

'Are we broke yet?'

PREPARING A POMEGRANATE FOR DUMMIES

"Mom, please! I'm a married woman whose friends have been reviewed favourably by the New York Times."

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

"I feel like I don’t even know my own husband ... and it’s driving me wild!"

"Tell us the one about swift justice, Grandpa."

Peter

'No hay, no grooming, no mucking out and they live in the broom cupboard!'

"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."

"If I had known how adult her place was I would have brought nicer beer."

"No, I want to know the meaning of never calling your mother."

Bob began seeing his mother, who gave him up for adoption, professionally, three times a week. It didn't help much.

"Do let me know if I'm getting in the way, won't you?"

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

"But honey. . . he's just not our kind!"

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

"Your old Jewish mother with some pickled herring, sir. To remind you of your roots,"

Young Godzilla.

'I blame my parents, they never set me any standards worth rebelling against.'

"When we grow up we can eat snacks BEFORE dinner and call them hors d'oeuvres!"

My Folks, dressed up like Eskimos

"Don't worry - the Power of Dad still trumps the Power of Attorney."

"Although the estate will be distributed equally, your father wanted you all to know that Keith was his favorite, followed by..."

"Sorry, Kevin, but having the wi-fi down for a couple of hour is not 'living off the grid'."

'You shouldn't be nervous about meeting my parents - you're more their age than mine!'

"Mom and Pop-Ups"

"Mom, can you and Dad lend me nine hundred thousand dollars?"

"I’ve changed my mind. I no longer want to conquer the world. I just want to conquer those two..."

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