1. Most of your friends' houses looked like one of these.
Your fanciest friend lived in a mock Tudor house.
2. And at least one of your friends lived in a cul-de-sac.
3. All childhood birthday parties involved going to some retail park with a cinema, bowling, lazer quest and a Frankie and Benny’s in the carpark.
4. You've spent half your life saying you live “just outside [insert cooler sounding town name that people have heard of]”.
5. Your local highstreet likely had a Pizza Express, Ask, a Zizzi’s, and a Carluccio's.
6. You had none of the perks of living in the countryside.
7. But unlike your friends who grew up in cities you probably had a garden.
8. Your school had some lame rivalry with the nearest school.
9. You were always slightly behind city kids when it came to cool new trends.
10. You spent all your pocket money on train tickets “to town”.
11. When you got bored of town you'd spend the rest of your time hanging around a skate park.
12. Your parents had to pick you up from all parties.
Mum won't pick me up from a party tomorrow night. I have no way of getting home
Ask mum to pick me up from this shitty party and she decides to bring the whole family along. Mum, dad and dog waiting in the car for me
Lol imagine trying to get a bus home after 9pm.
13. But you still did your fair share of walking home after sunrise.
14. The first person to learn to drive in your friendship group became everyone’s personal driver.
15. When you learned to drive the first place you went was the nearest McDonald’s Drive-thru.
16. And driving to the “big Tesco” late at night was a legitimately thrilling activity.
17. “Doing lifts” on weekends was a very common way to make money.
Doing lifts for all you drunken messes tonight! Message me🚗
Made £150 from doing lifts last night 💸💸💸 #sasscars
"Doing lifts in town this Saturday, £5" – literally all of your Facebook. People who grew up in cities will never understand this.
18. Because the last train home was probably at about 11.30pm.
19. The first club you went to was almost certainly an Oceana or similar.
20. There was no point trying to get into a pub underage.
21. So most of your illict underage drinking was done in your friend's lounge when their parents were out.
22. Because The Inbetweeners was basically a documentary about your teenage years.
