1. For many people, summer evokes hazy, nostalgic images of frolicking in fields or doing whatever it is people do in commercials for package holidays.
2. For you, it may evoke all those images, but also it evokes images like this:
3. Because you know summer isn't summer without some little shit stealing your blood right from under your own skin.
4. You're infinitely jealous of people who just never seem to get bitten.
5. And those people are probably amazed at how many bites you get.
6. You really, really wish mosquitoes weren't even a thing.
7. But they are, and for this reason, camping and most summertime activities are actually hell.
8. You've probably shared a room with someone who got to wake up with perfectly un-itchy skin, whilst you woke up looking like a medieval medical illustration.
9. You've probably taken some extreme preventative measures, like sleeping with all the windows closed and sweltering in the heat, just to avoid getting bitten.
10. And you've tried every bug repellant there is...
11. ...but it's no use. Your blood is just too delicious, apparently.
12. That doesn't stop you from trying still, though.
13. You've definitely gotten really unfortunately placed bites on your face.
14. Living near water seems romantic to some, but it just give you anxiety because all you can think of is how many mosquito bites you'd get if you lived on a houseboat.
15. You may have even felt like justice had been served after you squashed a bug after it bit you.
16. It doesn't even always have to be the summer, either.
17. The worst, though, is when the bugs don't have the decency to spread their bites out and just concentrate on one specific area, probably to spite you.
18. You're probably a little ashamed of the joy you get from killing mosquitos and gnats.
