You Know You Have Become French When...

You know you have become French (and Parisian!) when...

• You expect les bisous at every greeting and good-bye
• Saying hello to complete and total strangers as you pass them in the street? Non merci
• Food anywhere else just does not taste very good
• Second-hand cigarette smoke no longer makes you feel like your lungs are about to cave in
• 1h30 minutes for a washing machine cycle seems normal
• Dryer? What dryer?
• You buy everything Bensimon, Les Tropeziennes, Zara, H&M, NafNaf, Kookaï...
• You mock those obnoxious American tourists. And the Italians. And the Spanish, the Germans, the Portuguese, the Japanese...
• Your refrigerator smells of strong French cheese
• When angry, you start yelling expletives in French. Zut alors!
  
• Ouaich, z'y vas
• You expect to pay no more than 7 euros for a fabulous bottle of wine at Monoprix
• You do not understand the foreign obsession with le Tour Eiffel or le Tour Montparnasse
• La grève, c'est la vie
• You no longer have to stare at the Parisian Métro map for hours to figure out where you need to go
• You make the French facial expressions, gestures, and conversational sounds without thinking
  
• You understand why Parisians leave Paris in August
• Pariscope becomes your best friend
• The pigeons start to recognize you at your favorite park and/or garden
• You never ever want to leave France!

Ca c'est tout pour maintenant. Bonne soirée à tous!