🚀 go-pugleaf

On 23 May 1996, Geryon wrote:
> I rent a small house from my betters, but it still somewhat comes to
> the same thing 'living at home'.  And much as I hate to admit it,
> I am afraid your right on this one.  Although I pretty much run my
> little place as an independent entity now, for a long time 'ol Ma
> and Pa wanted to keep taking care of me like I was a teenager.  [I'm
> the youngest in the family-*danger danger danger*]
> This made my own responsibility a bit slow in coming.
> 
> Usually the old folks wanna keep there last lil' darling around for ever,
> even though the do it subconciously.  Always finding reasons why 'junior'
> should stick around.  And often these reasons are very *good* reasons,
> at least financially...except junior, already being the youngest and
> not having had to carry quite as responsibility as his/her senior
> siblings, is still kept from learning the full rigors of independent
> life...

Um. Not necessarily. I moved out at age 22, travelled 500 miles away to my
new job, supported both myself and the guy I was with, and never went back
home. I bought a house at age 26 and was STILL the main income. 

Sometimes the youngest (of 4, in my case) is really royally sick of having
people try to run his/her life. And I am glad I did. I don't have the 
built-in social fallback of having my family in the area. But I can look 
down and see my feet under me.

I think we've regressed evolutionarily. Birds have no trouble denesting 
their young. That old clawed foot on the butt trick - works every time. 
Much better for the young than wrapping them in cotton (or duct tape).

--L