Starting Life Independently Gifts

'As a bachelor I have to wash my own clothes, clean my own room. The do it all again three months later.'

"It started with a mutual interest in martial arts and developed into an interest in marital arts."

"It's the sequel to 'Cooking for One'."

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

Culinary Breakthroughs During Social Distancing

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

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

"Thanks, but I already have my 'support bubble' right here."

"At a certain point, I bring them back."

"He says he's not running away. . . he's just going off the grid."

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

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

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.

'How animals mark their territory'

Thanksgiving 2020

Live, laugh, love

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

"Come on Mum, I'm fully grown-up, surely you can let my friend come between you and me safely..."

'It's all right with me if you go out, but you'll have to file a flight plan with your father.'

'I dressed myself.'

'By the time I was your age , I'd already run away from home TWICE!'

"Living underground is not what it used to be."

Still living with parents....

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

"Somehow, Daniel, you're not as cute as you used to be, and you're beginning to lose our attention."

'Isn't it great Darling: The kids are now old enough to have dinner ready when we get home...'

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

"I found this hidden under his mattress."

"Nothing personal - I'm through with the male brain."

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

'Dad, when do I stop being a wholly owned susidiary of you and Mom?'

"I'd love to, but I have a million lonely ritualistic things I need to do."

'There are those who say that in America the streets are paved with excrement.'

'I must be growing up...I took a bath without being told to!'

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