Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for August 26, 2015
Transcript:
Val: I have to admit I'm worried about you going back out on your bike. Phil: I'll be FINE. One crash in fifteen years! It's a great track record. Phil: You could just as easily get in an accident on your way to work. Val: OK. Let's BOTH stay home. Val: Holly? Alix? Your turn to support the family!
I paid room & board once I turned 18. It was a nominal amount, merely symbolic so I would 1) realize they didn’t have to let me live there anymore, and 2) start to discover just how much it costs to live on one’s own