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[Robbo]

- You're waking up at 6 am instead of going to bed.
- Beers at lunch get you reprimanded.
- College sweatshirts are 'casual' instead of dress up.
- Your parents charge rent.
- The four food groups are no longer beer, pizza, chips and cereal.
- It's 'getting late' when it's 9:30 p.m.
- Three words: Student Loan Payments.
- You make thousands of dollars a year -- and still can't afford that dream Porsche.
- You start eyeing the Light Beer Section appreciatively.
- Pickup football games mean that at least one person will be in the hospital by game's end.
- THEN, discussing with your friends: GPA's, spring break plans, and tonsil hockey; NOW: mutual funds, interest rates, and wedding plans.
- Sleeping on the couch is a no-no.
- Naps are no longer available between noon and 6 p.m.
- Sneakers are now 'weekend shoes'.
- Dinner and a movie - The whole date instead of the beginning of one.
- Pregnancy now brings thought of tax deductions instead of coronaries.
- Jack and Cokes become Dewers on the Rocks.
- The only drugs you take are Tums and Tylenol.
- The weak single you hit in the intramural softball game is now remembered as a Varsity dinger for the League Championship.
- You get your news from sources other than USA Today, ESPN Sportscenter, and MTV News.
- Random hook-ups are no longer socially acceptable.
- You wear more ties in a week than you even owned while taking in college.
- You find yourself reminiscing fondly of 2-hour Calculus exams.
- You empathize with the characters from 'Friends.'
- Metabolism slowdown.
- Wine appreciation expands beyond Boone's and Mad Dog.
- You actually eat breakfast foods at breakfast time.
- Grocery lists actually contain relatively healthy food.
- When drinking, you say at least once per night, 'I just can't put it down the same as I used to.'
- Over 90% of the time you spend in front of a computer is for real work, not video games.
- You're actually willing to pay a bit more to drink in a bar that's not full of '21-year-old kids.'
- Golf is beginning to seem a lot less silly.
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[BigTy]

Robbo WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD. :woot: Now only if i went to Colage insted of the Army i could agree with you :in: :ninja2:

[Robbo]

Robbo WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD. :woot: Now only if i went to Colage insted of the Army i could agree with you :in: :ninja2:

:whistle: never went to college either first work (apprenticeship and more ) then Army, then back to REAL WORLD :in:

[Ljugtomten]

.... and I'm stuck in the Army at the moment.. (Navy to be precize) But Jan the 16th.. Real world again :woot:

[Pappy]

Yep, College is something my kids went to I can relate to quite a few of those points though

No Military service either but have served in uniform for more years than I care to remember.

[BigTy]

AAAAAAAAA from real world to Army now your Bill Gates Bound. hey dont Leaves a Man behind when you make your Billions. i can be your Paperboy for only a cool 100,00 a year that come with coffee and Breakfast in bed hahahaha. 13B 92A 92y with Foxtrot ident