I live in a University town. Every September we get a huge influx of students. Truth be told it feels like our little city is being taken over by 18 and 19 year olds. You can almost smell the extra hormones in the air.
As I watch these babies strut around with their new found freedom I found myself suppressing a quiet scream or twelve. Usually it starts with…You idiot!
Let me explain.
Young thing. When you start out the year Yes, it feels like you have the world on the string and nothing can hurt you, this does NOT mean you should get ridiculously drunk downtown and run in and out of traffic without your shirt on. Sigh. Your Mama would not be proud.
Little one. When you go grocery shopping at the beginning of the year, you feel like you have the freedom to go crazy and buy anything and everything you want! The best cuts of meat, brand name everything! Quick, get that in check, because I guarantee by the end of the year you will be living off of soup and pasta. Hope you like Kraft Dinner!
You know that kind of geeky guy that you keep shooting down and being just a wee bit rude to? BIG mistake. One of these days, most likely the night before the biggest assignment of your life is due, that sweet little laptop of yours is going to crash. You are going to wish you were a little sweeter to Mr. Tech Whiz.
Oh one more. A long shirt with a belt. This does not make it a dress. Put on some pants.
You want to survive University life? It’s easy….use the brains your Mama gave you.
Ahhhahaha, Loved this Modern Mom! … as a University student can can say you are so right! 😉
I hear you. I live in a city with a well known and respected university. It is the very reason you rarely catch me out with my adult friends to go dancing. If I am out it is on a night where more than likely the students are not out.
I never thought how it might look to a resident of a university city…I am sure we took on our little college town with vengenance! lol! Yikes!
I live in a small college town. I need to print these off and hang everywhere! Great advice!
Haha! LOVED this. Post it somewhere where all these silly girls can read!!
This makes me feel good about living far from the hormonal habitat of the college kids. I had to laugh about the grocery store bit and the suggestion to put on pants. Very true!
Amen! Seriously..the shirts with belts? Ick!
And, please, please, tell me that you haven’t really seen a drunk girl in the street. That’s just too much.
so agree with you on the pants thing! leggings.are.not.pants 🙂
We live in a university town too – and it is so easy to tell when school is back on 🙂
lol…
i sooo agree!
Put on some pants is my favorite word of advice. Girls ages 15-25 in my town think this is an acceptable everyday outfit.
Hehe. To think I used to be one these girls. Though I take pride in the fact that I never wore a backless shirt nor did I go out in the dead of winter with no coat to show off said backless shirt.
i know quite a few that would do well to read this…
i have to admit that i too wore next to nothing in college. Once my dad picked me up from school for dinner and saw what I was wearing and got all embarrassed and said, did you forget to put on pants?
lol no I thought the long shirt was a fashion statement for a dress.
That style must be coming back.
I could not agree with this list more!!! We’ve all been there…and none of us listened either. 🙂
I almost miss the old days of wearing a long shirt as a dress!