A wooden chair holding a brass key and a folded striped cloth on a sage-green floor.

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Lucille Ball

You see much more of your children once they leave home.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Leaving home would seem to mean seeing children less, but the speaker claims the opposite happens. That reversal gives the observation its dry humour. The sentence leaves the explanation unstated, letting the unexpected increase in contact carry the whole joke.

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