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OftenBen  ·  1939 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: People who have moved out of parents, how old were you when you left?

It's astonishing how fast ones tolerance for their parents BS drops once you've lived away from them for any length of time.





katakowsj  ·  1939 days ago  ·  link  ·  

"When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years."--Mark Twain

This was much of my experience. Out to college, home working summers, starting at 18. Then for good at 24.

OftenBen  ·  1939 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I wish I had something of value to contribute. Everything I think of is either complaining or sounds like a humblebrag.

I find that Mr. Clemens is wrong on this particular count.