I know what you're thinking, "How could you have started college without seeing any Disney movies?" and "Who deprived you of a childhood?" In my defense, I had seen a few Disney movies before moving in my freshman year, including "Mulan," "Toy Story," and all the renditions of "High School Musical." I'd also like to point out that I had a great childhood, it was just a lot more playing "Mario Kart" than wishing I were a Disney princess. I grew up with three brothers and was simply outnumbered in what we watched.

The funny part of all this is that no one ever judged my lack of Disney experience until I went to college. People thought it was weird I'd never seen an episode of "Hannah Montana" and thought it was even weirder that I'd seen every season of "Survivor." I had to explain over and over that Disney held no interest for me. To me, Disney (especially princess movies) was full of one-dimensional characters that served no other purpose than to defeat the villain and wrap everything up nicely in the end. I didn't think there was anything to miss by not watching.

So my freshman (and sophomore) year roommate set out on a mission to watch Disney movies with me. I started watching these movies and stopped taking myself so seriously. I fell in love with "Tangled," I cried during "Inside Out" and "Finding Dory." I even watched all of "Good Luck Charlie" my freshman year and got emotional because it reminded me of my family. I'd still rather watch "The Hateful Eight" than most things Disney but I did find out what I was missing out on all these years.

Everyone expects you to grow up once you get to college, but if you lose that kid inside you'll go mad. Disney plots may not be the most complex, but the characters are endearing and help you deal with the stress that is life.

Case in point: this year, a group of my friends are having a weekly Disney Channel Original Movie night. Yes, there are some major plot holes in these movies but that's the fun of it. We sit around, make fun of the points that don't make sense and spend time together while we forget about being adults for a couple of hours.