On Your Own: What memories and feelings do you associate with that phrase? You may think of moving into an apartment with several friends and getting your first real job, or you may think of a series of gradual shifts—going away to school (but remaining financially dependent); taking a part time job (but having to borrow money from your parents for graduate school); and, finally, finishing school and earning enough to settle your debts with your parents. Some people react sadly to thinking about being on their own: “I don’t think I really made that transition,” said a woman in that first
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