1. Having to cheek kiss EVERY SINGLE PERSON in the room at family get-togethers.
2. Trying to take PERFECT family photos is damn near impossible.
Mexicans be like "This is not even HALF of my family"
3. When your aunt tries networking for you.
4. When you had a birthday party, your aunts would bring TONS of rice, mainly due to lack of communication.
Red rice, white rice, spicy rice, spicy red rice, SO. MUCH. ARROZ.
5. The kitchen was impossible to navigate because all the tias were using it to cook their last minute dishes.
6. You have thirty people trying to shove your face into a birthday cake.
7. All your tias telling you that you look fat, yet they'll keep serving you more food because they care about you.
Lmao mexicans be like got that six pack
8. And when you actually lose weight, your entire family will think you're sick.
9. That uncle who offers you a beer every time you see him.
10. When you hear a knock on the door and the first thing you do is hide because it's probably your uncle's entire family "passing by."
11. Carpooling.
This was me when I took all my cousins out to eat the other day... #mexicanproblems
12. You will never be alone at a party. Ever. Doesn't matter how hard you try, solitude is not an option.
13. That awkward moment when your mom passes the phone to you and tells you to talk to your aunt in Mexico who you've never met.
#mexicanproblems
14. During Christmas Eve, EVERYONE brings their Baby Jesus to the nacimiento.
15. When your entire family was summoned to help out with the buñuelos.
16. When your younger cousins don't give two shits about family traditions.
17. That awkward moment when your non-English speaking tio joins in on a conversation you're having with your non-Spanish speaking cousin.
18. The brutality that was el bolo at a baptism.
19. That awkward moment when you and your uncle – who you only speak to in group settings – are waiting for the bathroom.
20. SO. MANY. KIDS.
21. That one uncle who REALLY wants everyone to know he's doing well for himself.
Thats texas #MexicansBeLike
22. The nerve-wracking experience of introducing your white S.O. to your entire family.
23. You never need to hire a handyman because a family member ALWAYS knows somebody.
24. The ridiculously long waltz at Quinceañeras where they call up every family member to dance with the birthday girl.
25. The older aunts and uncles who remind you of how easy you have it.
26. All of your aunts are RIDICULOUSLY accommodating, especially when it comes to your nourishment.
27. Your uncle will never miss an opportunity to dish out some wisdom.
28. But at the end of the day, they're the people you can always count on through thick and thin. They're your family. POR VIDA.
