Young Adult Gifts

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

'This is a good time to be young, son. Look at all the opportunities you have in front of you...you can help sole the problems of the environment, poverty,civil rights....'

'I don't have to leave the nest! I can stay on your health insurance until I'm 26!'

"Your room is exactly how you left it before you went to college, except of course, for our boarder, Mr. Grunze."

'I think my parents want me to move out.'

'You can stick your filthy shell. I'm listening to the Arctic Monkeys.'

'After I get my MBA I'll live in New York and summer in Europe before moving back in with my parents.'

He's waiting for the Metaverse to begin!

Who is that teenager giving an interview in an old t-shirt and jeans? The guy who founded Facebook. He's way cool! Too cool to put on a shirt? Look on the bright side, Nana. Even I can dress like a billionaire!

An ellipsis in the sky

'Glastonbury? You've been up to no good in some young man's bedsit, haven't you! Mud sticks, y'know.'

"So what happened between you and Estella?"

"He SAYS that's his classroom, but looks to me like he's found some old reruns of Hollywood Squares!"

A teenager imagines how the world looked prior to the invention of the internet

"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.

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

'Are we broke yet?'

PREPARING A POMEGRANATE FOR DUMMIES

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

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

Peter

"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."

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

"No, four glasses of water was enough. . . now I have to go to the bathroom!"

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

"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."

"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...

'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,"

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