There's no doubt Florida is heaven on earth, and there's nothing quite like spending your childhood there. Not only were we blessed with warm weather and palms trees, but also the joy of growing up with Publix subs — the sandwich of champions.
Here are a few funny telltale signs that you grew up in the Sunshine State.
Day vs night #GrowingUpFloridian pic.twitter.com/WtvaV9ggn2
— ThingsFloridiansLike (@Things4FLppl) August 22, 2015
#GrowingUpFloridian you love one of these teams & completely hate the other 2 pic.twitter.com/d26axZaT7g
— ardys Balshaw (@LidaTselina) August 24, 2015
#GrowingUpFloridian getting burned by these at least four times a week pic.twitter.com/uiSIHJ88pk
— yosi ❤️ (@Idkyoselynn) July 28, 2015
#Growingupfloridian only caring about hurricanes because it might mean you won't have school on Monday.
— Kiana Dowling (@KianaDowling) August 30, 2015
#GrowingUpFloridian Wearing makeup in the summer be like... pic.twitter.com/5lp0NID0OX
— April Farley (@aprilfarley16) July 22, 2015
lmao #GrowingUpFloridian pic.twitter.com/6A1dz807Pn
— Kary P. (@okaykaryyy) July 21, 2015
#GrowingUpFloridian putting a hoodie on when it gets below 70
— Jacqueline Radcliff (@JacRadcliff) July 18, 2015
#GrowingUpFloridian Where sandals are acceptable everywhere
— Matthew Matulis (@MattMatulis) July 17, 2015
#GrowingUpFloridian pic.twitter.com/ZbTkoQIHCM
— ••• (@Lillytwotimes) July 22, 2015
#GrowingUpFloridian Literally having to stop to let a gator cross the road pic.twitter.com/ahWKtXJhE2
— kristén (@ElectraKristen) September 10, 2015
🌞 & ⚡️☔️ in one pic #GrowingUpFloridian pic.twitter.com/AMbArXMSQK
— Herbie Hancock (@HilllTopp) August 22, 2015
#growingupfloridian going to the beach & forgetting to put your phone under the towel pic.twitter.com/LngC8uZlND
— sky (@skylernacarato) July 28, 2015
#GrowingUpFloridian "You're trying to sleep? Here let me sing you the song of my people" pic.twitter.com/iCkbm9xupz
— K.Steevs (@kaylaswimmer) July 28, 2015
#growingupfloridian owning more bikinis than any other clothing pic.twitter.com/asfSIEizpy
— BROhMAN (@Alexisbrohman) August 24, 2015
#growingupfloridian the four seasons we have are summer, hurricane season, lovebug season, and football season.
— Dalton (@daltonnlevi) August 21, 2015
#GrowingUpFloridian Me: mom, I'm going to the beach
— Conor Ruffin (@ConorRuffin) August 15, 2015
Mom: I gotchu fam pic.twitter.com/pUUXUduna6
#growingupfloridian People think Palm trees are the only trees that exists. There are 3 Floridas: North,Central,South they are all DIFFERENT
— Adam Greenfield (@Greeny_50) July 20, 2015
#GrowingUpFloridian accidently asking someone from outta state if they take the FCAT
— dellisa. (@love_dellisa) July 17, 2015
#GrowingUpFloridian walks into any Publix & heads straight to the bakery for the free cookie
— Jason Hosoda (@jason_hosoda) July 17, 2015
#GrowingUpFloridian never being able to have a basement and turn it into a cool room like all the movies
— yo. (@sunflowerclaud) July 17, 2015
Taking oranges off your neighbors fruit trees during summer and eating them in your backyard #growingupfloridian
— rachel (@foresstfire) July 20, 2015
Having a season pass to Disney World and Universal #GrowingUpFloridian
— queen fred (@elizabeth_doeee) March 30, 2016
#Growingupfloridian love bug season is the worst season they're my worst nightmare pic.twitter.com/bImuVf7IWD
— bridget (@sivanthony) July 27, 2015
#growingupfloridian going to St. Augustine on a field trip and getting a ring with your name on it
— BIRD (@jordan_cox14) July 19, 2015
AC IS A BLESSING AND I AM SOOOOOOOOOO GRATEFUL FOR IT. #growingupfloridian
— Joreo (@HenleyJori) August 28, 2015
Having to know how to communicate basic things in spanish even if you arent bilingual #growingupfloridian
— Nick__Swayze (@nick__swayze) July 18, 2015
#GrowingUpFloridian riding my pet alligator through the orange groves on my way to publix and Disney world pic.twitter.com/nfNoOoEKgT
— olivianowa (@olivianowa) July 20, 2015
And it goes without saying, but you wouldn’t trade growing up in the Florida for the world.
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