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    26 Problems Only Latinas Will Understand

    "OMG say something in Spanish."

    1. People always think you're Mexican.

    2. People always want to tell you about their OTHER Latina friend.

    3. No one can pronounce your name properly, ever.

    4. Your family is CONSTANTLY asking you when you're getting married and having kids.

    5. People always ask you to “say something” in Spanish because OMG you speak Spanish.

    6. OR people assume you don’t speak Spanish and talk shit in front of you.

    7. People always ask you if you speak Mexican because that is TOTALLY a language.

    8. At every family gathering you are introduced to family you've never met. WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE.

    9. You could not speak to your mom when she was watching the novela.

    10. You: I'm bored. Your mom: CLEAN THE HOUSE.

    11. You automatically become a translator for your parents, teachers, and your friends' parents.

    12. "I'M NOT YELLING AT YOU" — your family members as they yell at you.

    13. When your mom says something to you in Spanish, but you respond in Spanglish because you don't know how to say certain words.

    14. Guys think its perfectly OK to call you “mami.”

    15. Your mom will never let you go ANYWHERE without cleaning first.

    16. People always want to practice their Spanish on you.

    17. People always tell you that you look "exotic."

    18. When you were little and sincerely believed that your mom singing "Sana, sana, colita de rana, si no sana hoy, sanara manana" would cure everything.

    19. Your brother always got to sleep in, but you were a "huevona" if you didn't get up early to get a head start on the day.

    20. Every decade that the census rolls around, you have an identity crisis.

    21. People always expect you to be "spicy," and you're like, "I'm just myself."

    22. When people try to make fun of you for having an accent and you're like, "YEAH, I'M BILINGUAL."

    23. Pants fit your legs, but never your hips and butt.

    24. People tell you that you look like a "Chola" if you wear hoop earrings.

    25. Everyone assumes you know all of J.Lo's songs.

    26. Your relatives are always trying to feed you, but then criticize you afterwards.

    Would you really have it any other way, though?