on returning to my building this morning, i overheard a girl on the phone, pleading with her mother.
"no "Mom", she's not leaving you," she said in a whiney half-ammerican accent, typical of young Australian women. "She's just following her dreams," she continued with an air of bored familiarity.
I can only assume the girl was referring to a younger sibling, who was leaving home to pursue travel, a degree, a life, a positive future, loud rambunctious sex, or drug crimes. Activities - which aren't entirely impossible in the parents' house - are certainly hampered by their presence. The things that typify young Australian lives. The Phenomena which shape some of us into responsible human beings.
Our belovered one-click-diagnosing doctor - google - pigeon holes parental grief as "empty nest syndrome". Even the Prictorian Government has jumped aboard the band wagon, offering support to Victoria's baby boomers, whose offspring are making that unlikely transition from child to young adult. Who would have thunk it.
Finally Johnny Howard and his entourage of merry men and women have stumbled across a solution.
The boomers never had it so good.
Shelving unwanted pregnancy
· puts an end to later “empty nest” related grievances
· Allows devout catholics to attend more B&S balls
· Breaks tradition amongst avid users of the Withdraw method
· Threatens the condom industry, which has been killing poor innocent trees for our sexual promiscuity for far too long.
Trust the libs to undermine the authority of the Victorian State.
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It's one thing to live under strict house rules but that doesn't mean that kids need to rebel and become sluts, druggies and common crims.
Honestly children. Get a grip.
Shits me to tears that so many Aussie girls speak like yanks nowadays. Suppose it s better than a strong country QLD accent.
Ah, engels, it's what they call "Preacher's Daughter syndrome", where ultra-strict rules causes your kids to go nuts once their beliefs are first seriously challenged.
Kinda like Seeka.
Is that it, Aidan? I suspected as much. Dale and I were trying to explain the extremly large number of porn stars that come out of America. Though they do have a lot people.
Unfortunately, there's worse than Seeka out there when it comes to rebelling.
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