If you live for the warm summer days when you're all sweaty, the beach is your happy place! It doesn't matter if it's raining or cloudy, your summer days are spent in the ocean!

1. You are excited for the start of beach season all year.

You have a countdown on your phone for the day you can buy your beach pass. Every time the temperature is over 55 degrees you consider heading over just to “feel the water”. When it finally is warm enough to spend a day at the beach you’re there before the sand has been touched. You’ve been waiting for this day all year, of course, you’re the first one there!

2.You bring up the beach in as many conversations as possible.

People know you as the girl who loves the beach. You are always talking about how you're going, you went or how you miss it. You know how lame you sound rambling on and on about water and dirt, but to you, it’s so much more than that. The beach is your place. It’s where you go to have fun and escape. You need people to understand that within 10 minutes of meeting you.

3. You're a beach expert.

You know the good beaches from the bad. You've seen them all and you are well aware that some are just bodies of water with no waves and rocks for sand *cough* *cough* Connecticut Beaches. The sand needs to be soft. Waves have to rideable. You can’t spend a day at a lake or a pool without complaining about the fact that you aren’t at the beach.

4. Tourists are your worst enemy.

You love that other people love the beach, just not your beach. You can spot them from a mile away. They leave bags of food open for the seagulls to eat. They spend an embarrassingly long amount of time chasing after their umbrellas. And watching the high tide shuffle when they all have to move their blankets back is a highlight of everyone else's day. You understand why they are there, you just wish they would respect your beach as much as you do and get off their phone!

5. You don't understand how people don't go in the water.

We get it you want to get tan and enjoy your music but the beach is a two part deal. First you lay out, then you cool off in the water until you prune. Then repeat for 6-8 hours. Some people are afraid of the ocean, but not you. You live for the days when the waves are huge and the nights where you fall asleep, feeling like your still in the waves. if people do not want to go swimming, you become a child and drag them in. They always thank you for it, right?

6. The beach is a full day event.

You don't just "swing by the beach". If you're going to the beach you're getting there before the crowds. You loaded up the car the night before. Some people get tired of the beach. “Ugh, it’s hot. Ugh, I’m bored. Ugh, I’’m ready to leave when you are.” No. People should know that going to the beach with you is basically signing a contract to give up 6 hours of their life. And they are not going to ruin your day!

7. You probably have a beach or nautical themed belongings.

When you aren’t at the beach, you wish you were. To cope, you probably love nautical décor. You may even have a beach themed room. To you, anchors are trendy but most important they remind you of your happy place. You also probably get very annoyed when people have an anchor tattoo that says “Refuse to sink” because anchors sink!

8. You can't imagine living away from the coast.

The idea of the Midwest actually scares you. You can’t imagine how people are okay with just being surrounded by land. Where’s their escape? They can just keep driving. You’re lucky because going to a beach does not have to be a vacation, it’s just a day in the life of you. Moving anywhere that doesn’t have breathtaking coastline is a terrifying. Where would you go to think?

9. The beach has helped shape you into who you are.

You know that sometimes life gets messy. The beach doesn’t go easy on anyone. You’re going to have sand where you where sand should never be. Your hair is going to have seaweed in it. A giant wave is going to knock you over and force you to stand back up, water-logged and all. You spent your childhood on the beach. Some of your best memories are there as well as some of your worst. If you’re ever down, the beach is your go-to spot to find peace. You can’t imagine your life without it.