50 Things All Greek Americans Know To Be True | The Odyssey Online
Start writing a post
Student Life

50 Things All Greek Americans Know To Be True

You have a constant craving for gyros, frappe and Yiayia's food.

247
50 Things All Greek Americans Know To Be True
Pixabay

No, our lives may not be a direct replica of My Big Fat Greek Wedding, but it does get pretty close.

1. March 25 parade is national husband hunting day

2. What is a vegetarian?

3. Appetizers (μεζεδακια) are more important than the meal

4. The school week was 6 out of 7 days because you attended greek school on Saturdays

5. Probably a part of your church basketball/sporting team

6. Attended goya events

7. Greek nights are your favorite nights

8. First question you ask when you meet another greek is, what church do you go to?

9. You probably know at least one owner of a greek restaurant/place

10. You speak greek to your friends when you don't want others around you to understand you

11. Lamb on the spit during easter is a must

12. Post constant pics of Greece on social media because..nothing beats it

13. "Opa" just comes out naturally

14. Easter consists of girls being conscious of their hair so it does not catch on fire

15. Some of your best friends are greek

16. Most likely danced in a greek dance troupe

17. It's not a party till that ikariotiko comes on

18. Greek club is your life

19. The wooden spoon (koutala) is not your friends

20. Striving to be a nikokira in training

21. Teach all your non-greek friends greek swears

22. Any kind of gathering will leave you in a food coma

23. No we do not worship greek gods

24. All your friends wished they were greek

25. The frappe craving is real

26. When your complaining about your first world problems and then your dad goes into a 2 hour speech about his impoverished childhood and how he succeeded

27. Everyone knows the sentence: at your age.... and then i came to America

28. Every time you have a headache, you call those 5 people to help you get rid of the mati

29. When you hit 16 and everyone's expecting that engagement ring

30. And when you finally get married and you say "kai sta dika sou" to those younger than you

31. When you go through rush and recruitment and you have to specify that you're actually living the greek life

32. There is no such thing as "never hungry" to your yiayia

33. Feta kai Psomi is your theme song

34. And So Tiri is your idol

35. Stavento is the greek version of Kanye

36. When you tell someone your greek and they start making the bankruptcy jokes

37. When u grew up learning that greeks invented everything

38. When you ace all of your math and science classes because all the words are actually greek

39. When young greek girls feels liberated when you can finally get that unibrow threaded and waxed...

40. The only sport your family watches is soccer.. and every other sport is a "xazomara"

41. As soon as you hear that zebekiko everyone rushes to the floor

42. The only date you can have to your middle school dance is your cousin

43. When you get hooked onto the greek soap operas...especially when the grandparents are in town

44. When your priest is your best friend

45. When you have your own mati and koboskini collection

46. When a party has a ballpark of at least 300 people

47. Your middle school crush was Mixalis Xatzhigiannis

48. Your future husband to be needs to have thick enough skin to survive your overprotective family

49. You know there is a real difference between American gyro and greek gyro

50. You wouldn't change your big fat greek life for anything


Report this Content
This article has not been reviewed by Odyssey HQ and solely reflects the ideas and opinions of the creator.
Entertainment

Every Girl Needs To Listen To 'She Used To Be Mine' By Sara Bareilles

These powerful lyrics remind us how much good is inside each of us and that sometimes we are too blinded by our imperfections to see the other side of the coin, to see all of that good.

812816
Every Girl Needs To Listen To 'She Used To Be Mine' By Sara Bareilles

The song was sent to me late in the middle of the night. I was still awake enough to plug in my headphones and listen to it immediately. I always did this when my best friend sent me songs, never wasting a moment. She had sent a message with this one too, telling me it reminded her so much of both of us and what we have each been through in the past couple of months.

Keep Reading...Show less
Zodiac wheel with signs and symbols surrounding a central sun against a starry sky.

What's your sign? It's one of the first questions some of us are asked when approached by someone in a bar, at a party or even when having lunch with some of our friends. Astrology, for centuries, has been one of the largest phenomenons out there. There's a reason why many magazines and newspapers have a horoscope page, and there's also a reason why almost every bookstore or library has a section dedicated completely to astrology. Many of us could just be curious about why some of us act differently than others and whom we will get along with best, and others may just want to see if their sign does, in fact, match their personality.

Keep Reading...Show less
Entertainment

20 Song Lyrics To Put A Spring Into Your Instagram Captions

"On an island in the sun, We'll be playing and having fun"

718405
Person in front of neon musical instruments; glowing red and white lights.
Photo by Spencer Imbrock on Unsplash

Whenever I post a picture to Instagram, it takes me so long to come up with a caption. I want to be funny, clever, cute and direct all at the same time. It can be frustrating! So I just look for some online. I really like to find a song lyric that goes with my picture, I just feel like it gives the picture a certain vibe.

Here's a list of song lyrics that can go with any picture you want to post!

Keep Reading...Show less
Relationships

The Importance Of Being A Good Person

An open letter to the good-hearted people.

1025708
Chalk drawing of scales weighing "good" and "bad" on a blackboard.
WP content

Being a good person does not depend on your religion or status in life, your race or skin color, political views or culture. It depends on how good you treat others.

We are all born to do something great. Whether that be to grow up and become a doctor and save the lives of thousands of people, run a marathon, win the Noble Peace Prize, or be the greatest mother or father for your own future children one day. Regardless, we are all born with a purpose. But in between birth and death lies a path that life paves for us; a path that we must fill with something that gives our lives meaning.

Keep Reading...Show less

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Facebook Comments