Whether you're partially or fully Puerto Rican, you know our people are a proud people.
Honestly, who can blame us? What's there not to love about people from a beautiful place with a rich culture who love to eat good food and have a good time?
And if you're actually from the island? Bro.
Here are some tweets about the joys and wonders of growing up a loud, proud boricua.
1.You don't really have a say in when you get to leave your Puerto Rican household, especially if you're religious.
2.And even if you do move out, you're always self-conscious about being on time because running on Latino time is an endless struggle.
3.Puerto Rican babies smell the best.
4.They get introduced to caffeine kind of early, though.
5.Like really, really young. And it changes your relationship with caffeine para siempre.
6.Your mom might get a little ~extra~ about cleaning.
7.And that's because cleaning was an early morning (or late night) affair, and everyone was expected to participate.
8.Who doesn't perk up at the thought of Adobo honestly?
9.Puerto Rican snacks are next level, iykyk.
10.The beverage selection was not to be slept on either.
11.You couldn't always get what you wanted, but you were always fed.
12.That accent makes the most regular statements sound like something special.
13."Te calmas or te calmo" was all you needed to hear to quit playing, and a chancla was the nonverbal communication of that.
14.You know you're taking an L the second you hand that birthday card over.
15.Your mom or abuela always knew what was going down on the block.
16.Families' parties were the realest, and the hits kept on coming.
17.You show up because you know it's about to be that kind of night, even if you don't know what you're showing up for.
18.Puerto Ricans know how to innovate and improvise.
19.And we never, ever turn down a reason to celebrate being Puerto Rican.
What was your favorite part of growing up Puerto Rican? Celebrate the greatness in the comments below!