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So intern Lauren here has a big weekend ahead of her. Here's where she starts complaining that she feels so old that she's turning 23 years old. It is old. Now that I think about it. 23. The whole world changes. It does. What is the year that you like start being taken seriously as an adult? Because 23, you can still do a lot of stupid crap and people are like, well she's only 23 years old i think that's when you do start feeling it is at 23 i think that was one of my toughest birthdays was 23 yeah no i feel like oh i'm 22 i can do whatever you know it's after 21 now i'm legal nothing's really that great and now i'm like 23 and i'm like what am i doing with my my life? I'm just hanging out. I feel like just chilling. I need to like really stay focused. But then again, I'm like, well, 23 is still pretty young, right? So I mean, I'm a little conflicted there. Is this a pretty common like quarter life crisis thing that she's going through right now? No, that'll be when she's 25 and she's not making any money still. And she freaks out because she can't pay her bills and she thinks she should be able to.

I know, I was like, I mean, I never really think about it that much. And then my mom's like, you know, you need to pay me for car insurance. You need to pay me for, you know, gas. Well, I'm like, gas. He pays for gas nowadays. And I'm like, oh my God, it's like $30 to fill up my tank.

And she's like, yeah, this is the real world barring.

Get used to it.

I'm like, oh, great.

She's in the breaking in period right now.

Yeah. And I'm like, oh my God, it's like $30 to fill up my tank. And she's like, yeah, this is the real world barring.

Get used to it.

I'm like, oh, great.

She's in the breaking in period right now.

Yeah, it's awful. Like I know of people like you. My parents just sort of like said, you're on your own at 18 and I had to figure all this out. But this, I think, is probably a little. There's a weaning period with your parents where they'll still, you know, you're out of the nest,

but they're still sort of embracing you.

And it sounds to me like she's in that period.

But you're out of the nest,

but they're still sort of embracing you. And it sounds to me like she's in that period. But you're not out of the nest. You're still living in a house. No, I still live in. Is that because of the economy right now, or was that going to happen? Yeah, I like to say it's because of the economy. Would you be lying if you said that? No, not at all. It's totally the economy. Yeah, no. For me, it was when I graduated college and moved to...

Because I moved to Atlanta right out of college. So, yeah, that's when, no, mom and dad were not paying for my gas or insurance or any of that stuff. Melissa's very hardcore about this, man. She takes a very hard line. Well, I am because, I mean, the thing is, as a teenager, you can't complain about wanting to be an adult.

And then when you're an adult, act like you want to be home and mom and dad take care of everything.

You know, and I, and I, and that's, I mean, the thing is, as a teenager, you can't complain about wanting to be an adult. And then when you're an adult, act like you want to be home and mom and dad take

care of everything, you know, and that was really where I come from. As a kid, I was the youngest. And so I just could not wait to be out of the shadow of my two sets of parents, which were my brother and sister my mom and dad so when I moved to Atlanta I felt like well I I was just

determined not to go back to them and seek help because I think I felt like I had something to prove. So, yeah, any dad or any frustration I had, at least I, I embrace it like, God, it's my own, though. You know, I'm an adult and I have my own bills and that kind of thing.

And I just, you know, there's a lot of people who don't find pride in that, you know? There's got to be some, like, happy median point, though, where you can be independent on your own, yet know at the end of the day that if you really needed the help, your parents were going to be there for you, you know? I think it's hard for people to be in that, though. I think that I agree with you.

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