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.
#growinguppuertorican and living in a Christian household means no matter how old you are... until you move out you living under your parents rules
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.
FORTY MINUTES EARLY TO AN AUDITION BECAUSE GROWING UP PUERTO RICAN CONDITIONED ME TO REALIZE I AM INCLINED TO BE CHRONICALLY LATE.
3. Puerto Rican babies smell the best.
Growing up Puerto Rican checkkkk 😂😫 if ykyk!!
4. They get introduced to caffeine kind of early, though.
Just had a cup of Bustelo, and now going to bed. This is what happens when your Grandma gave you coffee in a bottle as a kid. No effect! 😂😂 #growinguppuertorican
5. Like really, really young. And it changes your relationship with caffeine para siempre.
Growing up Puerto Rican... you had cafe con leche in your bottles so now coffee doesnt wake u up it puts u to sleep
6. Your mom might get a little ~extra~ about cleaning.
Growing up Puerto Rican too. This SOOO TRUEEEEE 😩😩 lmao. https://t.co/DJUu9cHRiU
7. And that's because cleaning was an early morning (or late night) affair, and everyone was expected to participate.
eight year old me waking up to old salsa music knowing the rest of my day will be spent cleaning #GrowingUpPuertoRican
8. Who doesn't perk up at the thought of Adobo honestly?
One of the pains about growing up Puerto Rican is seeing the word Adobe constantly and getting excited cause you think it says Adobo, then get immediately disappointed
9. Puerto Rican snacks are next level, iykyk.
Growing up Puerto Rican be like 🇵🇷
10. The beverage selection was not to be slept on either.
#GrowingUpPuertoRican 🇵🇷 - Drinking this and pretending it was beer
11. You couldn't always get what you wanted, but you were always fed.
Growing up Puerto Rican 😩
12. That accent makes the most regular statements sound like something special.
#GrowingupPuertoRican thinking “Raitru” was a real word. But learning its actually slang for “right, true”
13. "Te calmas or te calmo" was all you needed to hear to quit playing, and a chancla was the nonverbal communication of that.
#facts #growingupPuertoRican https://t.co/v8Tso4mGhk
14. You know you're taking an L the second you hand that birthday card over.
#GrowingUpPuertorican When you get birthday money and your parents say "yo te lo guardo" and you never see it again 😌
15. Your mom or abuela always knew what was going down on the block.
@stxngx #growinguppuertorican
16. Families' parties were the realest, and the hits kept on coming.
#GrowingUpPuertoRican was showing up to any family parties and hearing these two songs every single time.
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.
#GrowingUpPuertoRican ir a cumpleaños y no saber quien cumple, solo por la comida
18. Puerto Ricans know how to innovate and improvise.
#tothisday #puertoticanfacts #growinguppuertorican #poorrican #boricua #goyaforlife
19. And we never, ever turn down a reason to celebrate being Puerto Rican.
Celebrating National 56th Annual Puerto Rican Day Parade with my #dog Bogie wearing outfit with pride @eyewitnessnyc