• You point with your lips.
  • You snap your index finger against your second (bird) finger when you think something’s funny or incredible.
  • You miss the chaos when you leave the country.
  • You miss the way black beans in restaurants used to be whole and had a different flavor.
  • Diay and puta come out of your mouth like you were born to them.
  • You watch a Spanish language movie and you understand the body language that gives another layer of nuance to the acting.
  • You start to prevaricate so somebody else can save face.
  • You answer bien por dicha even when the other person doesn’t ask you how you were, but you were expecting them to, so you say it automatically.
  • The sound of a gringo accent in Spanish makes your ears bleed.
  • You get pissed off when your friend slams the door to your car.
  • You go to an English speaking country and when you want to ask for a glass of water the first thing out of your mouth to a waiter in a restaurant is “mae, regalame….” and you don’t get why he’s looking at you funny.