I don’t have access to money like you do.” “Access? I saved money up,” I protested. “Yeah, but if you run out, your parents can bail you out. You know that no matter what happens, you’ll be okay. I don’t have that. If I needed a hundred bucks, I wouldn’t be able to get it from my family. I mean, they’d find it for me, but it would hurt them. That insecurity fucks with my mind. It’s a different existence.”

