-you get mistaken for every nationality on earth, except kurdish.

-you know more about world politics by the age of 12 than most CNN anchors, this is why non of us actually studies political science .

- you get along fine with turks, arabs, iranian, but you swear that you hate their fucking guts for what they did to your people .

-you really do hate turkey more than any one in the world (we are in competition with Greeks in this matter).

-you speak fluently about 3 languages, and if needed you could claim and pass for about 3 different nationalities .

-you could be political refuge in most of the civilized world .

-when you became a refugee you told your lawyer what and how to argue your case .

-and when it all fails and you actually going to be deported, you don't .

-you are so proud of being kurdish but so tired of having to teach people about the world .

-your parents are on a non-stop crusade to find you a nice husband/wife from the home land.

-you have first cousins in about 10 different countries ,spread over 3 continent ,

-every younger kurd respects you and fears you ,despite him being the most notorious gangster in the city , and you only flip burgers in some kurdish pizza shop.

-half the people you know are restaurant owners ,non of which are kurdish restaurant .

-once you realize that your sister is a hot babe ,you buy a gun .

-your dad collects your pay check until you get married 

-your dad bought you a house back in the country ,so you get married there , even though you never going back.

-your mom is worried when you date a non-kurdish person for more that 6 months ,

-you never back off ,even if you are really scared 

-you cry when you listen to Sivan Perwer singing Halapca 

-you can eat onions,tomato,green peppers just like apples 

-your parents yell really loud during long distance calls 

-you have a staring problem ( personally i think its more like a hobby )

-your parents ask for tea every hour of the day 

-u have at least one carpet hanging on your wall at home..

-When u hear music, u cant help but shake ur shoulders...

-you believe tea is your Tylenol. 

-your parents see slippers not as a foot wear but as a disciplinary tool for you .

-you take 8 luggage's over seas and 7 of which are for gifts. 

-every one that lives or lived or some how is connected to the 25 miles radius surrounding your home town is magically related to you , if not then he will be very soon .

-when our parents classify everything from tobacco to wine all the way to crack under one label DRUGS.

-you are reminded ALL the time that your parents left their family ,home and beloved mountains to this( cold shitty country ..in some cases) for you to be a doctor or a lawyer ,and if you fuck it up :you are no longer my son/daughter anymore ,and i don't want to ever to see you 

-You are a master of creating new words such as : Cowboy (jeans) Nestela (Chocolate) and Sbleeeet (A/C)

-no matter how good your doing ,your parents put u down and compare u with themselves claiming they were like hercules at your age . 

-u have a year's supply of pistachios, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, olives, jaji, and chai.

-you have relatives back home sending you "tearose" perfume

-you've been beat in the ass with a slipper, wooden spoon, or a broom

-your mother constantly threatens you with "just wait til your dad comes home to beat ur ass"

-your first cousin is married to your second cousin

-u go to a kurdish wedding and there are three men in the middle dancing with pink, beaded, sequined scarves

-you can't get married until your older brother/sister has gotten married first, then it's your turn

-when your mother and aunts pick grape leaves from a random park

-you've been given instructions on how to properly answer social services and not rat out ur parents for beating you, if they ever come to your house

-you're finally given the "sex talk" from an elder on ur wedding night, before you do the deed

-you're a girl whose had proposals from men you've never met

-you've been to more weddings than you can count

-you have an uncle or aunt who is the same age, or younger than you

-your constantly told by ur parents to turn off the water or lights, so the energy bill isnt so high

-you're a girl and their is company over, you're treated like a waitress

-Your dad swears at you with words that affect himself

-You talk for an hour at the front door when leaving someone's house

-You say bye 17 times on the phone

-*when you give up on romance and find yourself in a plain with a one-way ticket to kurdistan to find your wife / husband in 30 days

-you notice your dad and mom doing back flips after you finaly agreed to the arranged marriage .

-every time a cop car is in sight your dad practices his speach while your mom is yelling at you and your siblings to put your seatbelt on.

-ur dad calls u "ker kure ker" everytime u make a mistake

-your 30 and already thinking about retirement

- you have an illegal satellite and signal just so your parents can watch kurdsat

-Your parents enjoy comparing you to their friends' kids

-No matter if you have a couch or a bed; you still like to sit and/or sleep on the floor

-you call Pepsi " BEBSI"