1.
When your entire diet consists of mangu, mangu, and more mangu:
2.
When you go to the bodega with your mom and she lies to you:
3.
When your mom hears you curse and proceeds to curse you out:
4.
When your mom gives you that face that lets you know you've truly messed up:
5.
When your people treat your concon as if it were burnt rice:
6.
When you come across a crate full of nísperos and it reminds you of home:
7.
When you're talking at a calm, normal volume but everybody else is complaining about how loud you are:
8.
When you don't have a hookah, so you gotta make one out of a coffee maker:
9.
Seriously though, you take hookahs mad seriously:
10.
When your mom's attitude goes from zero to 60 real quick:
11.
When you got that one cousin who goes out like this all the time:
12.
When you come across the ultimate love platter:
13.
When you hear "coño" so much it's become part of your vocabulary:
14.
When it's Friday and you remind yourself that HOY SE BEBE:
15.
When you're at the club and then the DJ starts playing Anthony Santos...
16.
...and then you find your soulmate...
17.
...and then the bachata gets a little too real:
18.
When Christmas comes early and you have all the platanos at your disposal:
19.
When you got those cousins back home who think you got it easy:
20.
When you meet somebody who is also Dominican:
21.
Vivaporru will always cure everything:
22.
When people confuse you for being Puerto Rican:
23.
When you absolutely, positively, gotta eat a mango:
24.
Every time you heard this man on a Saturday morning, it meant it was time to do house chores:
25.
When it's cold as hell and your mom wraps you up like this:
26.
But you'll always have a spot to put your coo:
27.
When you got that one cousin who thinks you live in Nueva York:
28.
But no matter what quirks your family and friends may have, you'll ALWAYS be a proud Dominican and you wouldn't have it any other way.
