Things You Wanted To Happen Over The Summer Vs. What Actually Happened

Wishful thinking that only leads to disappointment. Every year.

Expectation: Suntanning, at least once a week. Return to school a bronzed beauty.

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Summer is the best time for self-improvement, right? What easier way to beautify yourself than to transform three shades darker?

Reality: Flip flop tan lines.

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Super hot.

Expectation: Super hot summer fling, preferably with an older boy.

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Intense, uber-romantic relationship that you can ditch after two months? Um, IDEAL. Boyfriends are boring after that long, anyway.

Reality: Awkwardly flirting with a customer at your minimum-wage summer job.

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That'll be $7.59 *wink*. You know what that means.

It means you should tip me.

Expectation: Losing 10 pounds. Hopefully 15.

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Exercise is good for the mind and body. And fruits and veggies are most delicious during the summer, anyway. Summer is the best time for setting personal goals, right?

Reality: Dieting for a week...

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Thus rationalizing your terrible eating habits for the rest of the summer.

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But seriously, how are you supposed to go without cake for two months? That can't be healthy, right??

Expectation: Road trip, with friends.

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A weekend at someone's beach house, sans parents or rules? It's practically a Garnier commercial. Bikinis by day, bonfires by night: the ultimate summer getaway.

Reality: Road trip, with family.

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And it's a lot like this, but with a lot more angry silence

Expectations: Start going to all those high school parties you were never invited to.

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You can totally reinvent your social life overnight, right? Especially since parties aren't limited to just the weekend anymore.

Reality: This.

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Only every night. Because it's summer.

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