1. Constantly taking friends to class or picking up.
"Have a good day" or "How was class?" is a daily question you ask when you pick up or drop off for school. Doesn't matter the time or what you are doing, if someone needs to be picked up from class, you go pick them up so they don't have to wait there for an unreasonable amount of time.
2. You make sure you have everyone together when you are downtown.
Sometimes you feel like a tour guide, but you make sure that when your group is ready to move bars we have everyone with us, or at least know who we left someone with inside.
3. Laundry is pretty much your second name but you are okay with it.
Wash. Dry. Fold. Repeat. Your washer and dryer are always going and you feel like laundry is always coming out of your ear but that's okay! Everyone's laundry that you do is folded and put into piles of what is what before you return it to them.
4. You are always prepared for what may happen.
Be ready for midnight "I'm hungry" let's go to McDonald's or the wondering of where all the medicine is. Need some Tylenol? You got it. Some band-aids? yep, that too. You even have ace bandages and a boot just in case things get too rowdy in your group.
5. If they are stuck at work or at school you bring them lunch with cute notes on the baggies.
Nothing sucks more than being hungry and not being able to go get food. So while packing a sandwich and some chips (Veggies or fruit if you feel the need for them to eat healthily) you write a note of encouragement saying you cannot wait to see them when they get off even if they have only been gone not even 2 hours.
6. You make sure that everyone is content with everyone.
Someone not getting along? Nope, you make sure both are in fault and you fix it before it can get ugly. You absolutely hate controversy and when people are mad at each other you feel the need to have them talk or be there to listen for both people. However, when you do listen to one of the sides you tell them if you feel as if they were in the wrong if they were and encourage them to admit their mistakes because nothing is really worth losing a friend over.
7. Your friends come to you when they need advice on what to do
Boy trouble, girl trouble, family trouble, school trouble, really if anything is wrong your friends come to you because they know that you will listen and give them the best advice for whatever situation that they may be in.
8. You know when to tell your friends enough is enough.
So your friend may be on text number 8 of no response from a boy and you butt in saying that you think that is better if she just doesn't text again. Not because you want to see her hurt, but you know that she deserves better than some boy who won't give her the time of day.
9. We've had to make sure we get everyone home in a safe manner.
Well it's the weekend after a stressful week and it seems like everyone is going out well when the night is over, and it's time to make your way back home you make sure that everyone that you came with is getting home safely, no matter how you gotta get them home, you get them home.
10. You make dinner and naturally assume your entire friend group will be there.
Everyone is busy with school, extracurricular activities, and homework. So while everyone is bent over a book you are making a 3-course meal and expecting that everyone will be hungry about the same time. You enjoy the time spent together eating dinner so you go out your way to make it for everyone
11. You pretty much act like their mom.
If their rooms are messy you get onto them about cleaning it. If they catch a cold you get them medicine and some chicken noodle soup. Sometimes they even lay on your lap for you to scratch their hair so they can take a quick little cap nap to boost their energy before their next class.
12. We really don't sleep until we know everyone is at home and accounted for (or at least we know where people are).
Thank God for the find my friend's app on the iPhone. As long as they have the iPhone they have infinitely shared their location with you so you can always find them. Normally the last thing you do before you fall asleep is make sure you know where they are and as long as they are safe, you can sleep easily.
13. You remind them of plans they have or things they need to do just in case they forget.
"Can you remind me of this" This question is a common question that is asked on a daily basis from your friends. Sometimes, even their real parents ask you to remind them to do something because they know they will forget. Normally if you have your planner around you, you will write down their obligations next to yours just so that you can make sure to remind them when it is time.
14. You get annoyed with them in the grocery store when they don't have their list together like yours.
Yours is neatly written, in order of left to right of the store, and sometimes even subcategorized.. theirs is written on the first piece of paper they found in your car and you are constantly having to go from one end of the store to the other because they "forgot something"
15. They already call you mom.
"Thanks mom!" Such a short little phrase that you here so much, but means so much. You have taken on a role in college that everyone needs. You are the college mom, and that's good, every group needs a college mom.
So if you the college mom of the group. Own it. Be the mom that your friends need in college to help them with the little things when their real mom is too far away and a phone call can't fix the issue.
