1. You're used to people from out of state looking at you like you have 10 heads when you say you are craving some 'water ice' or a 'gelati.'

2. You feel so bad for all the people who have never experienced Wawa.

3. When you say you go to the Jersey Shore for the summer you are use to people giving you a weird look and asking if it is really like the TV show.

4. But really this is what it is like...

5. You tend to tell people you are from outside of Philly when they ask where you are from to avoid all the negative New Jersey comments.

6. You think that South Jersey and North Jersey should be two different states.

7. It hurts you to call a Hoagie a sub.

8. Diners were a staple weekend breakfast spot for you and your family.

9. You sometimes wish the show Jersey Shore didn't exist because New Jersey really isn't that bad of a place.

10. You don't know how to pump your own gas.

11. Forget bacon...Pork Roll is the best breakfast meat to ever exist.

12. To find out where other people in New Jersey are from, you ask them what exit they are.

13. New Jersey may have a bad rap, but it is where you grew up so be proud to be from the Garden State!