* When your mom comes home with napkins stuffed in her purse of the
restaraunt she last ate at.

* When you become part of that viscious clan who recycles wedding gifts-

* Take Indian snacks anywhere it says "No food allowed"

* Wear shorts with dress socks and tennis shoes

* Try to use coupons that expired 5 months ago and argue when the store
doesn't accept them, or simply tear off the expiration date

* Talk for an hour at the front door when leaving someone's house etc, etc.

* When the party starts at 5:00, but everyone follows SIT and shows up at
6:00, just in time for the food (the Desi Standard Time {DST} phenomenon)

* Plastic covers anything new in your parents' house whether it is the remote
control to the VCR or the new livingroom couch.

* When family/friends come over, you have ten conversations going on in the
same room at the same time very loudly.

* Your parents tell you to not care what your friends think but they won't let you
do certain things because of what the other "Uncles and Aunties" will think.

* You have a collection of used wrapping paper and bows that have been saved for re-use.

* Your bio-data and picture have been circulated more than your resume.

* One mile before you hit the toll booth, the adults in the car begin arguing as to
who is going to pay for the toll. they all want to do it!

* When Aunties enter a house, their keen senses lead them directly into their
usual gathering place: the kitchen.

* You tell your parents that you're going to a party, and they ask you if there are
going to be any guys/girls there.