The 90's were a time when "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air" didn't just play late at night and people rocked out on boom boxes rather than iPhones. When people wore yoga pants to actually do yoga. Here are some tell tale signs that you grew up in the 90's:
1. You were either team NSYNC or Backstreet Boys.
You and your friends would argue countless hours about which boy band was the best…and you were always right. To this day, when you blast music in your car with the windows down and “Bye Bye Bye" or “Larger than Life" comes on, you shamelessly sing along at the top of your lungs. As they say, once a fan girl, always a fan girl.
2. You learned how to raise your children by feeding your Tamagotchi daily.
You would feed, protect and care for this toy as if it were a living and breathing child. However, unlike a real child, you could leave it in the car on a hot day with the windows rolled up or drop it on its head and it would still function perfectly!
3. Your go to dance moves are the Carlton or the Macarena.
Whether it be a wedding, bat mitzvah or a Saturday night out on the town, you can always count on these two signature dance moves from your childhood to make you the life of the party. Not only do you look great doing them, but you feel great too, who could be mad while doing the Carlton?!
4. You owned every NOW CD.
Every time a new NOW CD came out, you went straight to the store…so much easier than spending hours making your own mixed tapes or burning CD's and writing the song titles on in sharpie. Before Pandora and Spotify, we counted on NOW CDs to fulfill our music needs for the next few months and were perfectly content playing the same songs over and over again.
5. From the Rugrats to The Powder-puff girls the 90's undoubtedly had the best cartoons.
You would wake up every morning to watch the classics: "Hey Arnold," "The Simpsons," "Family Guy," "Dexter's Laboratory," "Rocket Power"…Children today are deprived of the good old Disney channel like Sister, Sister and we can't forget the original Disney channel movies!
6. We've all said these phrases:
-“Have Mercy!"
-“I double dog dare you." (nobody could ever turn down this challenge)
-“ I don't know ask the magic 8 ball."
-“What color is your mood ring?"
“I bought it at Claire's…or maybe it was Limited Too."
7. Back then texting was dangerous especially if your teacher intercepted them.
Believe it or not, there was a world before texting. A world where if your mom was on the phone you couldn't use the internet. If you wanted to get a message to someone in a hurry, you had to get creative; whether it be IM-ing them or calling from a land line. However, if you were in class, passing notes was the best way to pass the time, not to mention you could practice field goals with them!
8. MASH, the magic 8 ball, and paper fortune tellers predicted your future for you.
By the age of eight, you knew what kind of house you were going to live in, who you would marry and how many children you would have. And if you had any other questions or fears about the years to come, you could turn to the handy Magic 8 ball…every hard decision could be simply figured out with this toys help.
9. Scrunchies, scrunchies, scrunchies.
If you wore your hair in a pony tail in the 90's, a scrunchie was the only way to go! Good news, scrunchies are making a come back as all old fads do, so dust off your old scrunchie collection and rock your favorite (not to mention comfortable) hair accessories.
10. You saw every Mary-Kate and Ashley movie.
After "Winning London", you wanted to run for office. After seeing "Holiday in the Sun", you wanted to run off on Vespa's and break into yachts. After "Passport to Paris", you wanted to travel to Europe to see family, but really fall in love with foreign boys who barely speak English. All in all, we all wanted to live their lives and most importantly, have a twin that's also your best friend.
If you relate, congrats! You are a true product of the 90's, as fresh as the prince of Bellaire, as tight as colorful spandex and as chill as vanilla ice.
