There is a joke about a couple that was worried that their child was 5 years old and hadn’t talked yet.
One night at the dinner table, the boy said “please pass the salt”.
His parents were astounded and greatly excited. After some conversation, they asked the boy why he didn’t talk until now.
He said “well, up until now, everything was going fine”.
Didn’t speak until after 3 y/o.
Now I’m a technical writer for power-line and fiber-optic telecommunications.
Although unemployed now, had a long 10 year gig before the Ø.