You know you're an Au Pair in the USA when...
...you always introduce yourself with : 'Hi! my name is (your name), I'm from (country).
...you meet a cute guy and you say that you are a student instead of aupair.
...everybody is greeting you with a 'Hi.How are you!'
and you can't respond fast enough, so you say it first!
...the worst thing is, when the dad is working from home
...you spent all your money at the MALL and you still have nothing to wear
...you say silly instead of stupid
...you go to PLAYDATES
...you drive ove 30 minutes to a friend and you think it's not far
...you only have other Au Pairs as your friends
...you can make bacon
...you say 'like' and 'totally' every three words
...someone has asked you stupid questions like:
- 'do you have cars in your country?' - 'You don't have Valentine's day?' - 'Where is your country?' -"Do you have your own language?"
...you don't think it's wrong to have cake AND ice cream
...you park as close to the store as possible so you don't have to walk even one yard too far
...you cherish moments of silence more than ever before
...you notice yourself saying 'GOOD JOB' a hundred times a day
...you wonder why you slept the whole night long so uncomfortable and you notice the next morning, you slept on a barbie, a lollypop, sandtoys etc.
...you're sure you don't want own kids within the next 100 years
...you know now exactly how difficult it was for your parents to have little kids and you feel like saying thanks for all you've done to your mum and dad every day
...you're ready to drink anytime of the day
...you know what a LCC is
...you know that you should never SHAKE A BABY !!!
...you take a nap, after you dropped of the kids at school(after being up for just 2h :D)
...you are DRIVING to the school to pick up your kids, which is only 200 meters from your house.
...you think $180 every weekend just for shopping and coffee are not that much
...one cup of coffee doesn`t make you awake anymore, it just makes you alive
...you don't walk into the bank, you use the drive inn to get your money.
that's like totally true.