Nu stiu exact unde a originat lista asta, am vazut mai multe variante adaptate la diferite natii, dar circula de citiva ani pe mass-email asa ca m-am gindit ca e ok daca o public si eu aici. Enjoy!
You cant have a boyfriend when you are 17 but you have to be married at 18.
You grew up on liver pate sandwiches.... and thought that it was normal.
You make your own noodles.
You had to share a room until you were 21.
You eat everything with sour cream.
You try and reuse gift wrappers, gift boxes, and of course aluminum foil.
You are standing next to the two largest suitcases at the airport.
You arrive one or two hours late to a party - and think its normal.
All your children have nick names, which sound nowhere close to their real names.
You know someone with 20 kids.
You talk for an hour at the front door when leaving someone's house.
You can fit 10 people into a Dacia.
You know what a Dacia is.
Your parents never throw anything away and if you by some chance manage to get something to make it to the garbage can... it mysteriously appears back where it was again.
You have lace tablecloths.
You have lace curtains.
You have lace curtains hanging across doorways.
You have rugs covering every inch of your house.
You have or ever had rugs on your walls.
Your mom tells you you're too skinny even though your 30 pounds overweight.
You ever heard of 'stomach stew'.
Your parents tell you not to care what your friends think but they won't let you do certain things because of what 'frati' and 'surori' will think.
You know someone that married his girlfriend of 2 months.
You ever said, "Nu pot right now ca sunt busy!" or any other sentence in a similar bilingual format.
Your mom is a doctor and force feeds you medicine for anything ranging from a headache, stomach ache to a stubbed toe.
Your house is full of Romanian medicine that is probably illegal here.
You ever had to hide your little tv from your parents.
You and your friends have ever been kicked out of a restaurant or
recreational park for being too loud or rowdy.
You and your friends are banned from ever entering a restaurant or recreational park.
Your mom recycles plastic cups and paper plates, and sandwich bags by washing them.
You have a vinyl tablecloth on your kitchen table.
You use grocery bags to hold garbage.
Your dad ever butchered a pig or lamb.
You ever ate pig skin.
You keep leftover food in your fridge in as many numbers of bowls as possible.
Your kitchen shelf is full of jam jars, varieties of bowls and plastic
utensils (Got free with some household items).
Going to the movies is a sin.
Your parents call you farm animals when you get them mad.
Your mom ever chased you with a rolling pin or a broom telling you to stop so that she could hit you.
Your dad ever threatened to smack you across the mouth for being disrespectful.
You're twenty years old and your parents are trying to send you to romoville to get you married cause your old.
Getting married at 18 is normal.
Getting married at 16 actually happens.
Your mom washes your clothing at 40.
Asking if you can get a discount at a discount store on clearance items is normal and not embarrassing for your parents.
You don't use measuring cups when cooking.
You feel like you've gotten a good deal if you didn't pay tax.
You can only travel if there are 5 persons at least to see you off or
receive you whether you are traveling by bus, train or plane.
You only make long distance calls after 11 p.m.
If you don't live at home, when your parents call, they ask if you've eaten, even if it's midnight.
When your parents meet strangers and talk for a few minutes, you discover you're talking to a distant cousin.
Your parents don't realize phone connections to foreign countries have improved in the last two decades, and still scream at the top of their lungs when making foreign calls.
You have bed sheets on your sofas so as to keep them away from getting dirty.
It's "normal" if your wedding has 600 people.
You dont know half the people at your wedding cuz your parents invited them.
You've seen the ground while inside the lavatory of a train.
You have mastered the art of bargaining in grocery shopping.
You walk out of the grocery store with no less then two packed shopping carts weekly.
You ever took a picture in a bathroom or saw a pic of a group of girls in a bathroom.
You have a RO sticker on your car.
You have really enjoyed reading this :)
