Growing up having a pastor for a parent can bring a variety of unique experiences and inside jokes. Beyond the stereotypes, cliche questions and often lack of pop culture knowledge, being a preacher's kid is can at times feel like having a ticket to a secret club; a secret club that has never read "Harry Potter."

1. "You've never read the Harry Potter books?!"

I've gotten asked this question more times than I can count. No, I don't understand that Harry reference you just used. I had to skip that entire part of nearly every late-90s kid's childhood because "witchcraft" just wasn't really Jesus's thing.

2. "...but wait, you've at least seen the movies, right?"

At age 22, I finally had a Harry Potter movie binge. It was magical, but just not as magical as seeing it at age 8.

3. You may have not gotten to watch the movies the other kids did, but you had all the VeggieTales videos you could ask for.

You were even allowed to go see the VeggieTales movie Jonah in theaters. Twice.

4. Your favorite superhero was a cucumber named Larryboy.

5. Speaking of Veggietales, you also know all the words to not only the theme song, but every single Silly Song with Larry ever made.

6. It wasn't just Harry Potter that you weren't allowed to see, but essentially every movie that had a higher than PG rating.

I still haven't seen Titanic. It's almost a game at this point. "Hey guys, name a movie and I bet Halie hasn't seen it!"

7. Curse words included, but were not limited to, butt, stupid, shut up, freakin', dang it and crap.

Christian cussing is definitely a thing.

8. You never put the words oh, my and god together in one sentence without some serious side eye shot your way.

9. Disney movies were okay, unless of course, they contained magic.

So, most Disney movies were not okay.

10. Pokemon was evil. I don't even remember why. It just was.

11. Your favorite bands were DC Talk or the Newsboys. If you're born after 1998, it's probably TobyMac.

Secular music wasn't okay. I still remember the day I got my first iPod. Lived in sin from that day forward. (Still jammed to DC Talk, though.)

12. Even if you listen to sinful music now, you probably still know all the words to Jesus Freak and bust them out any time you hear it.

13. Church camp was a way to make friends, but you probably also went there for the right reasons. Or you may have been on a less Godly path and went just to meet your future ex-boyfriend/girlfriend.

14. Sleepovers either happened at your house or they didn't happen at all.

15. If you played a sport, you definitely didn't go to Wednesday practices. That was youth group night.

16. You were up bright and early for church every Sunday morning. And evening. And any other service in between.

17. You may have been forced to lead praise and worship once or twice even if God didn't bless you with any vocal talent.

18. Depending on your denomination, people speaking another language and randomly passing out in church was just another Sunday morning. You still never quite got used to it, though.

19. You didn't dare take a bite of food before blessing it first, even when you went out to eat.

Unless you were really hungry, then you mastered the art of the silent bite.

20. Dating? What is that? You had to wait on the Lord.

21. You had a True Love Waits ring.

I literally lost my ring at the beach on a date with a boy in the 10th grade. Don't judge me.

22. Every Christmas you listened to the entire Christmas story with Mary, Joseph and the gang before you were able to open presents.

23. You probably had teen devotionals and those cool bibles that looked like magazines.

24. You had t-shirts and bracelets with Christian puns on them.

25. You were probably frequently told that you would act crazy once you arrived at college.

26. ...Or statements along the lines of, "Gotta watch out for those preacher's daughters."

Cringe.

27. You were woke up for school by someone yelling, "This is the day the lord has made!! REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT!"

28. Your first play performance was definitely as part of the nativity scene.

29. When you asked your parents what the plans were, you may have gotten a response such as "Whatever God's will is today." or "Wherever God leads."

30. You most likely felt an unneeded amount of pressure from your peers to be perfect, even though they were the first to judge you if you made a mistake they make all the time.

You didn't ask to be held to an unfair standard. You were just trying to grow up just like anyone else.

31. People assumed you were either stuck up and judgmental, or a total wild child. They also constantly made assumptions about your parents and your entire family.

You really couldn't win.

32. Developing a religious identity outside of your parents was a bit of a process, and could be a challenge at times

Learning to find yourself took some time.

33. You got up early on See You at the Pole day.

34. Church dinners were the best Sundays.

35. You were friends with other PKs.

They understood you and your struggles.

36. You weren't allowed to go Trick or Treating or celebrate Halloween.

That's what Fall Festivals were for.

37. It was always awkward when your own parent had to pray over you in the prayer line.

Was God speaking through them, or was there a little bias there? "God told me to tell you, you really need to clean your room."

38. You didn't ever do anything wrong

because you knew God would tell on you to your parents, anyway.

Friend: "Wanna sneak out tonight?" Me: "Are you KIDDING? God will tell them. They will know."

39. Your church family was like a second family because they knew you since you were little.

40. You never knew what to say when your parent called on you to give a testimony.

"God's just been good to me. God is good, all the time, all the time, God is good!"

41. The only time you could hang out with your friends is when you invited them to church.

42. Helping with VBS every summer was the best.

Crafts and games, anyone? The themes were the greatest.

43. You snuck snacks into church because you knew when your dad was going to be long winded.

44. You got used to being used as an example in your parent's stories at the pulpit. Or totally called out passive aggressively.

45. Fellowship was either the best part of church, or the worst part, depending on how hungry you were.

Guys, we will all see each other in literally a week.