I walked outside one night to take the garbage out because I dumped shelfish in it... My mom would have ripped me a new one for doing that. I realized, in my mind, I was saying her lines "Get your butt back in this house! Anything could happen at this time of night, trash can wait until morning."
I feel like an adult when I do things my mom would frown upon and there's no one to nag me
Being able to talk to my parents in a tone that says "I'm an adult and I handle my life. Please let me do so or face my wrath." and them stepping back.
I just did this with my dad yesterday lol.
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Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name...I don't. That place is usually called work.