You know you are not in college anymore when...
1. You're waking up at 6 am instead of going to bed.
2. Beers at lunch get you reprimanded.
3. College sweatshirts are 'casual' instead of dress up.
4. Your parents charge rent.
5. The four food groups are no longer beer, pizza, pot, and cereal.
6. It's 'getting late' when it's 9:30 p.m.
7. Three words: Student Loan Payments.
8. You make thousands of dollars a year - and still can't afford
that
dream Porsche.
9. You start eyeing the Light Beer Section appreciatively.
10. Pickup football games mean that at least one person will be in
the
hospital by game's end.
11. THEN, discussing with your friends: GPA's, spring break plans,
and
tonsilhockey; NOW: mutual funds, interest
rates, and wedding plans.
12. Sleeping on the couch is a no-no.
13. Naps are no longer available between noon and 6 p.m.
14. Sneakers are now 'weekend shoes'.
15. Dinner and a movie - The whole date instead of the beginning of
one.
16. Pregnancy now brings thought of tax deductions instead of coronaries.
17. Jack and Cokes become Dewers on the Rocks.
18. The only drugs you take are Tums and Tylenol.
19. The weak single you hit in the intramural softball game is now
remembered as a Varsity dinger for the League Championship.
20. You get your news from sources other than USA Today, ESPN SportsCenter,
and MTV News.
21. Random hook-ups are no longer socially acceptable.
22. You wear more ties in a week than you even owned while taking in
college.
23. You find yourself reminiscing fondly of 2-hour Calculus exams.
24. You empathize with the characters from 'Friends'.
25. Metabolism slowdown
26. Wine appreciation expands beyond Boone's and Mad Dog.
27. You actually eat breakfast foods at breakfast time.
28. Grocery lists actually contain relatively healthy food.
29. When drinking, you say at least once per night, 'I just can't put
it
down the same as I used to'.
30. Over 90% of the time you spend in front of a computer is for real
work,
not video games.
31. You're actually willing to pay a bit more to drink in a bar that's
not
full of '21-year-old kids.'
32. Golf is beginning to seem a lot less silly.
Another You Know You're Out Of College When...
33. Your salary is less than your tuition.
34. Your potted plants stay alive.
35. Shacking in a twin-sized bed seems absurd.
36. You keep more food than beer in the fridge.
37. You have to pay your own credit card bill.
38. Mac & Cheese no longer counts as a well-balanced meal.
39. You haven't seen a soap opera in over a year.
40. 8:00a.m. is not early.
41. You have to file for your own taxes.
42. You hear your favorite song on the elevator at work.
43. You're not carded anymore.
44. You carry an umbrella.
45. You learn that "Bachelor" is a nicer term for a jackass.
46. "Extended childhood" only really pertains to your salary, which
is a
little less than your allowance used to be.
47. "Twenty-something" means over-qualified, under-paid, and not married.
48. Your friends marry instead of hook-up, and divorce instead of break-up.
49. You start watching the weather channel.
50. Jeans and baseball caps aren't staples in your wardrobe.
51. You can no longer take shots, and smoking gives you a sinus attack.
52. You go from 130 days of vacation time to 7.
53. You stop confusing 401K plan with 10K run.
54. You go to parties that the police don't raid.
55. Adults feel comfortable telling jokes about sex in front of you.
56. You don't know what time Wendy's closes anymore.
57. Your car insurance goes down.
58. You refer to college students as kids.
59. You drink wine, scotch and martinis instead of beer, bourbon, and
rum.
60. Your parents start making casual remarks about grandchildren.
61. You feed your dog Science Diet instead of Taco Bell.
(Yo quiero Taco Bell?)