Signs You Were Raised By Russian Parents

So I thought this would be fun to do, and we could all use a laugh because even though there are over a million people who came into America, its as if we were all raised by the same two parents.

1. Your parents know someone no matter where you travel, and you have to visit those people when you're there

2. When all your friends in elementary school were eating PBJ&s for lunch you were eating this

3. You have had to tell your classmates and peers multiple times that you are Russian AND Jewish, 100% of both.

4. Your parents drive either a Lexus, Beemer or Benz

5. Your parents think any grade except an A is unacceptable

6. Your parents think you should go to Harvard and they won't have to pay anything

7. Your parents think community college is the same as:

well the ghetto

8. You were embarassed by the flashy clothes your parents wore

because your parents thought it was okay to wear runway clothes around the neighborhood

9. Your vacations always ended up in a "Dacha" somewhere in the mountains

10. Your dad has comfortably worn a speedo out in public and dived into the pool even though it said "NO DIVING"

11. You eat sushi more than any asian person you know

..usually once or twice a week

12. The inside of your house looks like this

13. Your parents hate all races and ethnic groups of people, including Russians

14. You are always compared to your Family friend's kids, and no matter what, what they're doing is better

15. Your mom has done every diet in the book, and she has tried to get you to join her

16. Your parents have a new found love for Mila Kunis and Natalie Portman after Black Swan and finding out they were Russian and Jewish

17. You have seen your parents drunk multiple times, and somehow their social life is way better than yours.

...and you had a 10'oclock curfew until you turned 18..because its not nice for good kids to be out past 10

18. You have about 50 people over every other week because your parents have random get togethers and everyone and their mother is invited

19. Your parents know every possible Russian within a 20 mile radius

20. This is what dinner looks like at your house

21. You are required to still wear your winter jacket the first few days of spring when it's 70 degrees out because you may catch a cold

22. Somehow you still ended up with all your friends being Russian even though you find the culture crazy

23. You are only allowed to bring home a nice Russian Jewish doctor named Sasha

24. Somehow everything you do relates back to you getting married

25. All your American friends think your mom is yelling at you but she's actually talking in a normal tone

26. You have the weirdest superstitions

Like looking in a mirror before you leave if you forgot something, stepping back on someone's foot so you don't get in a fight, not being allowed to sit at the corner of the table or you will never get married, Sitting and thinking before leaving on an airplane..I could go on forever

27. And after all this, you still have the most fun hanging out with your parents