How to know if you are an ABCD

[White_Daisy]

A merican B orn C onfused D esi
Desi means Indian, btw
I just thought it would be stupid and funny to post especially since I can relate to most of this stuff
Top 40 Ways to Know If You're Indian

1) (For females) You're parents would freak out if you wore a crop top
baring your midriff but wearing a sari is perfectly acceptable
2) (For females) Your brother had no curfew while you had to be home at 11pm
3) You are ALWAYS taking off and putting on your shoes wherever you go
4) When you were little you always wondered why your American friends
waited until after breakfast to brush their teeth when you did it first thing in the morning
5) Tongue scrapers are not a new fad to you
6) To your American friends, oil is used purely for cooking and not as a grooming aid
7) When your American friends cringe at the thought of their parents in
bed, you wonder how odd it would be to see your parents get within one foot of each other
8) Your parents have nicknames but only because people they work with just stop when trying to read their names
9) Your parents hate the British
11) You have annoying nicknames like Chotu or Chicku
12) Your parents call all your friends "Beta" whether they are Indian or not
13) People you call "uncle" always smell up the bathroom at parties
14) If you aren't married and you turn 25, your parents start wringing their hands and proclaim that it's too late
15) You have never met half of your extended family
16) Either you really like Indians of the opposite sex or you can't stand them
17) Your mother measures wealth in gold and diamonds
18) A horoscope must decide your wedding date
19) Your parents drink 6 cups of tea a day
20) Your parents had eight daughters in hopes of having a son
21) You are sick and tired of answering questions about "the dot"
22) Your friends could not explain your religion to someone if they tried
23) You could not explain your religion to someone if you tried
24) You sound like "Apu" on the Simpsons.
25) You own a 7/11 or a motel with a name like "Roadside Inn."
26) One or both of your parents skipped at least one year of elementary school.
27) In the smallest of subcompact cars, you still can't see over the wheel without a phone book. WITH the phone book, you can't reach the pedals.
28) You have cousins you have never met, whose names you don't know,but who insist they're related to you, even though they bear NO resemblance to anyone YOU know.
29) Your parents push the concept of an arranged marriage on you and try and demonstrate how well it works whenever they're not fighting.
30) You have trouble paying attention to "minor" items like your kids' social lives, but you know the exact number of the check that you're on in your checkbook.
31) Your parents compare you to all of their friends' kids.
32) When you compare your friends to yourself, your parents say, "You aren't the same person as they are!"
33) You notice that whenever you go to another Indian's house, your parents always talk about businesses...especially if they're for sale.
34) The second you pull out of someone's driveway, your parents start talking about them.
35) At least once a week your mom says, "I want to go to India"
36) Older siblings always listen to your parents' conversations.
37) No one ever seems to call ahead of time to say they are coming over for a visit.

38) When you drive by other people's businesses, your parents always count the number of cars in the parking lot.

39) Your parents worry what other people will think if you're not going to be a doctor, lawyer, or engineer.
40) You're parent's always say, "It's cheaper in India"

[dawsongirl]

Originally posted by White_Daisy
A merican B orn C onfused D esi
Desi means Indian, btw

LOL...when I first read that, I thought, "Desi Arnaz?"

[Warm & Fuzzy]

Originally posted by White_Daisy

4) When you were little you always wondered why your American friends
waited until after breakfast to brush their teeth when you did it first thing in the morning

I can SO relate to that. I brush my teeth first thing in the morning before I eat.

[dawsongirl]

Originally posted by White_Daisy
8) Your parents have nicknames but only because people they work with just stop when trying to read their names
25) You own a 7/11 or a motel with a name like "Roadside Inn."

My mom knew some Indians that owned a Donutland. Then they moved to South Carolina and they now own a motel of some sort. And yeah, they had names like Bob, Ken, and Jack. Not their real names.

[*Marilyn Monroe*]

I read that in "Born Confused." Not the 40 ways to tell, but the ABCD part.

[¤I Love Clay Aiken¤]

Originally posted by dawsongirl


LOL...when I first read that, I thought, "Desi Arnaz?"

LOl.. me too!!

[AnaheimPMWitch]

WD being as my Parents are Dutch-Indonesian I can RELATE TO ALOT of that not all of it but ALOT of it hehe

[Dude111]

The only one that applies to me is

31) Your parents compare you to all of their friends' kids.

When my mom was mean to me she always said I wasnt like other boys...... I said 'STOP COMPARING ME TO THEM...... I am my own person,I dont follow the crowd"

Sadly we didnt get along well