This weekend, the Twitter hashtag, #MexicanVerificationQuestions went viral, leaving everyone that embraces a Mexican lifestyle feeling so understood. In light of the holiday season, when family is near and nostalgia is at its peak, I compiled a list inspired by some of my favorite tweets.
1. You go out two days in a row and your parents say, "Ya vives en la calle"
-@smariee_4
2. When a guy asks if you'd like to dance and you say you don't know how, he responds, "Yo te enseño"
- @preecirodriguez
3. You're misbehaving and throwing a fit at the store, so your mom tells you "Ese hombre te va a llevar"
- @Osmarkismexi
4. If you wake up to loud Norteño music and the smell of Fabuloso, your plans now consist of limpiando la casa
- @BravoTX_
5. Everyone at big celebrations fights for the center pieces
- @bet_OH
6. Your mom asks you to go somewhere with her and you decline. She responds, "Pero sifueran los amigos!"
- @realBubsters
7. After you blow out the candles at a birthday party, you take a "MORDIDA!"
- @Marco_Vargas69
8. You open your stove to find storage for pots and pans
- @realBubsters
9. When your mom feels unappreciated, she says, "Pero cuando me muera"
- @Gabriela_126
10. The first thing you do at a family gathering is greet all 471 people there
- @gabbyboo_813
11. Your mom gasps and starts running towards the kitchen because "LOS FRIJOLES!"
- @PaolaD00D
12. You're at a child's birthday party and there's an abundance of cerveza
-@nxtxlierxmos
13. The one usually holding up the piñata at parties is your tio on the roof
- @Elixicana
14. You're in public and you start acting up so your mom gives you the look that says, "Vas a ver cuando llegamos a la casa"
- @babyaud_
15. If you're not hungry, your family thinks that "Estas enamorad@"
- @Daiss_a
16.Usually after family parties, the car ride back home includes talking about everyone
- @AyoManuel_
17. Your parents notice that you're doing something that could get you hurt so they wait and say, "Dejal@ pa que aprende"
- @SifuentesX
18. Your grandmother holds a baby while singing, "tirongirirongi"
- @kidlamy
19. You fall and hurt yourself... "Ya ves, por ser pendej@"
- @lil_zada
20. You celebrate Christmas on December 24th
- @daneilarico
21. What's so special about the day after Christmas this year? "Rubi's quince"
- @joycedortega