1. There's nothing worse than when someone asks, "What happens when you eat dairy?" I don't think you really want me to answer this.

2. Avoiding dairy is the biggest daily struggle.

3. You survive every day by taking these.

4. You know what the repercussions are of eating dairy, but you do it anyway.

5. You only drink almond milk, soy milk, or Lactaid milk.

6. Cheese is your favorite food category. After all, everything tastes better with cheese!

7. You know when you really gotta go...

8. It sucks when everyone orders pizza, and you're there like, "Can I get a pizza with no cheese?"

9. When you're sad, you indulge in this, because you can't release your emotions into a container of Ben & Jerry's.

10. There's nothing worse than hanging out with new people who don't understand your struggles.

11. When you find a friend who is also lactose intolerant, it's like finding a new soulmate.

12. Staying up all night with severe stomachaches, because you just had to eat that chocolate lava cake tonight.

13. Crying in a restaurant (despite the fact that you are a grown adult) because everything on the menu has dairy in it.

14. You dream of mac and cheese, grilled cheese, and pizza.

15. You're broke because dairy-free milk is so much more expensive, and Dunkin charges you 50 cents more for almond milk in your coffee.

16. People look at you in disgust when your stomach makes strange sounds extremely loudly.

17. You probably did not have this intolerance until you hit your teen years.

18. Hating your life because you can't eat all the dairy in the world like all of these other humans.