When I was younger, watching movies with Americans in them was fascinating, and I've got to say, oftentimes I was jealous. Jealous of what you may ask? Well, here a just a few things I wish we had here in boring old Britain.
1. Gloriously large and beautiful bedrooms with inbuilt features that I could only dream of!
love simon and to all the boys i’ve loved before are getting credit for a lot on twitter this weekend, but one thing they’re NOT getting enough credit for: bringing back the covetable, cool teen bedroom
2. No fixed school attire – meaning every day is non-school-uniform-day!
3. Really nice cars that you can drive at 16.
4. Amazing all-out proms and dances where people dress up and take dates.
5. Parents that frequently go out of town leaving their massive homes open for a "rager".
6. Lovingly put together yearbooks that one can look back on once one has hardened with age.
The Sunnydale yearbook pictures: Cordelia, Xander, Willow, and Oz #buffy
7. Pools in back gardens, which must be an absolute dream.
8. Summer camps where you get to do all sorts of fun activities and make lots of friends.
9. An amazing roof that you can somehow climb out onto at night and look at the stars.
10. That one teacher you can pal around with.
11. Spring break, in which you go on an outrageous sunny holiday with your best friends.
12. Sexy bonfires on the beach with your mates in which you talk about staying friends forever.
13. Those red solo cups to drink out of at parties.
14. Big landings that overlook the entire house and make it look like some sort of palace.
15. Infinitely better breakfast food, including but limited to: streaky bacon, bagels with cream cheese, stacked pancakes, and waffles!
16. Take your child to work days, which for some reason, I would've killed for as a child.
17. Bright yellow school buses that seems to be a proper thing, unlike the occasional minivan we get in the UK.
18. Super exciting school presidential campaigns that wonderfully capture the exuberant spirit of electoral politics.
19. And last but not least, a beautiful and serene lake house that you just so happen to have for impromptu weekends away.
