Knowing your fam is stuck with the same biased opinion as they have been for the last 20 years, before society evolved.

Becoming your own person and trying to find a way to separate yourself from your family a bit.

Family debates are almost as entertaining as the ones you have in college.

Being prepared for the questioning of everything wrong you’re doing in life.

Coming up with a sly way to avoid the conversation of politics at the table.

Thanking God if there’s no family arguments for a ten-minute period.

The feeling of a family insult hitting your soul.

Trying your hardest not to have a mental breakdown.

Using some of your college knowledge to settle an argument.

Finding excuses to leave the room whenever controversial topics come up.

Being prepared with comebacks when someone says you’re single because you’re too weird.

Trying not to explode. Many things could lead to this, actually.

In the end, just embracing the fact that you’re a disappointment.

Listening to all of the family stories again for the upteenth time.

When one of them brings up something you didn’t want to remember.

Attempting, but failing, to get out of the re-run of all the mistakes you’ve made in the past.

Being reminded, yet again, that you’re single.

Wanting to escape family time for a bit by texting your friends, but everyone is too busy with their family to reply.

Everyone knowing full well that you’re in college, therefore educated, but somehow still manage to make you feel real dumb.

Having to dress up for the family photos.

But knowing that through it all, you’re with your family for life.