* Your potted plants stay alive.
* Sharing a twin-sized bed seems absurd.
* You keep more food than beer in the fridge.
* You have to pay your own credit card bill.
* You haven't seen a soap opera in over a year.
* 8:00 a.m. isn't so early anymore.
* You have to file for your own taxes.
* You hear your favorite song on the elevator at work.
* You're not carded anymore.
* You carry an umbrella.
* Your friends marry and divorce instead of hook-up and break-up.
* You start watching the weather channel.
* Jeans and baseball caps aren't staples in your wardrobe.
* You can no longer take shots, and smoking anything gives you a sinus
attack.
* You go from 130 days of vacation time to 7.
* You stop confusing 401K plan with 10K run.
* You go to parties that the police don't raid.
* Adults feel comfortable telling jokes about sex in front of you.
* You don't know what time fast-food joints close anymore.
* Your car insurance goes down.
* You refer to college students as kids.
* You drink wine, scotch and martinis instead of beer, bourbon & rum.
* Your parents start making casual remarks about grandchildren.
* You feed your dog Science Diet instead of TacoBell.
* You're waking up at 6 am instead of going to bed.
* The only time you see your friends is at weddings.
* College sweatshirts are 'casual' instead of dress up.
* Sleeping on the couch is a no-no.
* Naps are no longer available between noon and 6pm.
* Dinner and a movie - the whole date instead of the beginning of one.
* You get your news from sources other than USA Today, Sportscenter and
MTV News.
* You find yourself reminiscing fondly of 2-hour Calculus exams.
* Your metabolism slows down to the point where eating salad might make
you gain weight.
* Wine appreciation expands beyond Boone's and Mad Dog.
* You actually eat breakfast foods at breakfast time.
* Grocery lists actually contain relatively healthy food.
* Over 90% of the time you spend in front of a computer is for real work,
not video games.
* You're actually willing to pay a bit more to drink in a bar that's not
full of 21-year-old kids.
* Golf is beginning to seem a lot less silly.
