10 fictional schools we all wish we could have attended

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Jul 14, 2014

It’s not just Hogwart’s that gives you a pang of jealousy when you remember your own secondary school, but many others too! Though mostly Hogwart’s…

Here are some other fictional schools we would love to have gone to!

1. St. Trinian’s

This is the ultimate school for bad girls; whether you watched one of the original five, the two reboots or read the original books, you’d know that this isn’t the usual English boarding school. The girls smoked, drank and gambled, while the principal bitched at them. Yeah, sounds about right!

2. Sunnydale High School

Sure, the place was rife with vampires and other demonic hellspawn, but Buffy was there and you could watch her kick ass like nobody’s business. You could go to school with Willow and Xander, and maybe just join their clique. Plus, Giles was just the best mentor ever.

3. Bayside High School

Saved By The Bell was a staple of nineties’ teen comedies, and why did you want to go there? Depending on your sexual preference, it was Zach Morris or Kelly Kapowski. Swoon. But now Screech is creepy as hell and the original series has been off the air for 21 years.

4. Rydell High

With fabulous hair, spontaneous outbursts of song and enviable wardrobe choices, Grease made us want to have sex on a beach, without us really knowing what it meant. Sure, it didn’t harm us, did it? Did it?

5. Horace Green Prep School

Sure, the actual school from School of Rock had pretension down to a fine art but, as usual, Jack Black came to save the day with his usual brand of rock-based shenanigans. In his class, everyone had a place and they were all great in their roles. Inclusiveness ftw.

6. Shermer High School

The Breakfast Club was the quintessential high school movie of the eighties and is still considered one of the best.

7. North Shore High School

Oh, Mean Girls. The film that spawned a million memes, and saw Lindsay Lohan in her last big role, is still as popular as ever. In this school, Tina Fey would be your teacher, you’d get involved in huge physical fights with the others in your class, and you’d realise that butter is a carb. What’s not to love? So fetch.

8. William McKinley High

There have been a few fictitious high schools of this particular name, but if you are at all adept with Netflix, you have checked out the glory of Freaks and Geeks. It pretty much kick-started the careers of many of today’s comedic talents, including Jason Segel and Seth Rogen, and it’s still probably the best work most of them have produced. So, big question, are you a freak or a geek?

9. Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters

Okay, really, who didn’t want to be a part of the X-Men, to be nurtured by Professor X and remain on the side of good; depending, of course, on your own personal affiliations? Sure, if you’re going to be a weirdo, you may as well get a power out of it, right?

10. Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft and Wizardry

The be all and end all of fictional schools, it’s on perhaps every list of fictional schools we want(-ed) to attend, even if you don’t like Harry Potter. The nerdier among you may even know the house into which you would be sorted. Potions class would’ve been a hell of a lot more fun than Chemistry or whatever else they tried to throw at us.

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Feeling down? You won’t after you see these 19 happy things!

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Jul 11, 2014

by Amber Saunders

Sometimes, life can be hard. Here are some things that will definitely cheer up your Friday!

1. Get someone to do this to you

2. Imagine you’re holding this litter of loveliness (also known as a grumble)

3. Watch babies eating lemons. Do you know a baby? Even better, you get to see it in person

4. Just imagine having a pet baby meerkat, look how CUTE it is

5. Plan a trip to a bunny show jumping event, yes, they actually exist

6. Japanese square watermelon anyone?

7. Ring Russia, its country code is actually 007-AMAZING.

8. Laugh like a baby, apparently they laugh around 300 times a day, 240 times more than an adult.

9. Know that a group of flamingos are called a flamboyance and smile.

10. Having an ugly day? Be grateful you’re not a blobfish…

11. Think of sloths. Just sloths in general

12. Eat your dinner like this

13. Hug someone hot. Doesn’t matter who. Just make sure they’re hot

14. Indulge in some chocolatey goodness, hell, why not go all out and book a trip to Cadbury World.

15. Steal a siblings treats and act innocent

16. Look at old couples in love and feel inspired

17. Stick on some fluffy socks, they make everything better

18. Have a bubble bath, like this spiky little divil

19. Get some kip, if a cat can sleep for up to 18 hours a day, we should most definitely follow their lead

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15 lies everyone in their 20’s tells their parents

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Jul 11, 2014

by Amber Saunders

Parents sometimes give us the need to lie. Nothing major, just itty, bitty white lies. Here are the most common lies our long-suffering parents are used to hearing:

1. “No, I’ve been up for ages.”

Thanks for waking me up.

2. “No I’m not hungover.”

Ughhh why did we do shots of tequila at 3am?!

3. “I only had three drinks last night.”

Feeling fragile.

4. “I must have had a bad pint.”

Oh, the pain.

5. “I’m not texting anyone.”

We're listening to every word, honest!

6. “No, I didn’t get your friend request.”

Nope, never going to happen.

7. “Yeah, I know her alright.”

Nope, no idea.

8. “I just stayed in and studied all weekend.”

The weekend mainly consisted of alcohol, television, hangover food and cups of tea.

9. “No, I don’t have a special friend.”

Nobody at all, we swear, Ma!

10. “Nah, I’m not that poor.”

I’ve got twenty euro to last me for the rest of the week. Which is better than most weeks so yay!

11. “I’m a bit poor but I’ll be fine.”

We’ve got €5.50 in my back account and pay day isn’t for another three days. Can you somehow take pity and make an anonymous donation?

12. “Sorry, I meant to ring yesterday but I had study to do.”

Sorry, I meant to ring yesterday but I had four episodes of “Orange Is The New Black” to catch up on and having to listen to a phone lecture at the same time, would really have killed my buzz.

13. “Yes I’m eating properly.”

Yesterday for example, I had Special K Red Berries for dinner, that must surely count as one of my five a day?

14. “Sorry I missed your call, I was just out for a run.”

Ha!

15. “Yeah, we keep the house pretty clean.”

Yeah, I mean, if you consider sticky floors, three weeks worth of rubbish and mouldy walls to be clean, then we’re spotless.

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14 thoughts every girl has on a first date

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Jul 9, 2014

by Amber Saunders

Dates are one of the scariest things in the world. Here are some thoughts that every girl has on a date:

1. “Am I too early? Does that seem too eager?”

There’s nothing worse than accidentally arriving fifteen minutes early to a date, especially when he’s running behind on time. You’re left standing there having a premature panic attack, going through every possible scenario, all the whilst appearing to have been stood up. Do yourself a favour and arrive a couple of minutes late.

2. “What if I don’t recognise him?”

Since most romances nowadays begin among the dry smoke machines of pubs and nightclubs, you’d be forgiven for being a little tipsy and therefore forgetful, when it comes to meeting them for the first time sober. This is why Facebook creeping is handy.

3. “Oh good, he looks better than I remembered.”

There’s always that nice moment of surprise when he’s easier on the eyes than you remembered. Considering your only memory of his face is a tad blurry, you’ve set yourself up for the fall, the fall being his face. So when he turns up and doesn’t resemble the state you’d imagined, you can only thank your lucky stars.

4. “Oh Christ, what if he thinks I’m worse than he remembered?”

So you’ve come up trumps in terms of bagging yourself a date with a decent man, now you begin to worry that he won’t feel the same. Just because we’re plastered in make up and are wiggling our arses to beat the band, does not mean that we’re feeling oh so fab, I assure you. If you’d like to compliment her, it’ll go a long way.

5. “Does this dress make me look fat?”

Wearing a tight dress seemed like the best idea ever at the time, you’ll feel sexy, confident, up for anything. Then ten minutes in, you begin to realise that you can’t breathe out without looking pregnant. Crap!

6. “We’re going WHERE?”

All that women ask, is that you don’t make us eat in front of you sober until at least the sixth date. There is nothing more cringe worthy and awkward than trying to remain alluring, whilst trying to chew on an overcooked piece of asparagus and of course there’s that paralysing fear that we’ll end up with bits of broccoli in our teeth. We don’t even like broccoli…

7. “Oh god, what do I say next?”

Conversation with someone you don’t know is similar to a game of tennis. A constant back and forth of strenuous effort is required and sometimes all you want to do is omit a loud, exasperated, whale-like, sound. Don’t do it. That’ll be really awkward.

8. “What if the whole evening goes like this and I’m constantly worrying about what to say next?”

Just because the first few minutes are painful, does not mean that you’ll spend the whole evening in agony. If all else fails then fall back on the following topics: the weather, drink, the church, embarrassing stories, ‘people passing by’ commentary, the weather. Yes, you should be grateful to us.

9. “I’m sweating. What if I have sweat patches?”

Phew.

10. “Where’s the nearest bar?”

Alcohol makes these situations far more bearable. It shouldn’t, but it does. It seems to push the awkward, small talking worries to the back of your now fuzzy mind and brings the walking, talking, hilarious you, to the forefront of everyone’s attention.

11. “Oh great, here comes the awkward paying moment.”

This is the worst part of all. Trying to split the bill with a virtual stranger never gets any easier. “I’ll get this, no I’ll get this, no…” EVERYONE JUST STOP BEING SO AWKWARD.

12. “Alcohol makes everything so much less awkward.”

By now, you should have settled into a comfortable stage of being drunk and are rapidly becoming an expert at ranting on. You should be blabbering away to your hearts content, not a worry in the world, other than who’ll pay for the next drink.

13. “I wonder when he’ll go in for the shift?”

So you’re a tad drunk, a little merry and a lot in need of the shift? Well pouting at him with your drunk eyes is more than likely not going to work. You’re both grown, consenting adults here. Go for it.

14. “Would it be really bad if I went home with him?”

He seems normal enough?

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10 undeniable signs you’re about to break up

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Jul 9, 2014

by Amber Saunders

They say nothing lasts forever. If you see these signs, your relationship could be one of them…

1. You See Less Of Them
You used to see each other every couple of days. But now, you could go a whole week without seeing each other, and it’s never as trivial as watching television any more. It has to be something interesting to get them up for it.

2. They Don’t Text As Much
And when they do, they seem disinterested, and don’t talk nearly as much about the stupid little weird things that only you two would find funny.

3. You’re Always The One Making The Plans
In a healthy relationship, both people contribute to the making of plans. One person might be naturally more organised, but the other person is at least enthusiastic about doing stuff. But when this enthusiasm goes out of the relationship, and they really don’t seem like they’re bothered to do anything, then alarm bells should definitely be ringing.

4. There’s More Awkward Silences
This is the equivalent of them not texting as much in person. You used to talk about everything and anything, whereas now it feels like they struggle to think of anything to say to you, and the silences aren’t the comfortable ones that you two used to have, but are much more awkward instead.

5. They’re On Their Phone More When They’re Around You
This is a result of the awkward silences, so rather than just sit there in silence, they’ll be on their phone, scrolling aimlessly through their newsfeed. This is a real sign that they aren’t enjoying the time you spend together.

6. You’re Having Less Sex
And when you do have it, it just seems like such an effort for the other person, and they just seemed to go through the motions, not really making any effort at all.

7. They’re Fighting With You More
They pick fights over little things that you do; stuff that they used to find really cute about you. They seem to be doing it just for the sake of it, and this shows just how unhappy they are.

8. They’re Cancelling Plans With You
If they’re not enjoying the time you’re spending together, then chances are they’re going to want to spend as little time as possible together, and they’ll actually start cancelling plans that you’ve made together.

9. They Stop Drunk-Dialling You
Annoying and all as it might be, drunk-dialling your other half shows that they’re thinking about them even when they’re not there. But if this stops happening, especially if they used to do it all the time, then they’ve obviously stopped thinking about you as much as they used to.

10. They Change Their Profile Picture
They used to have a really nice photo of the two of you as their profile picture, but now, it’s been changed to just a photo of them. The most petty version of this is when they use the same photo and just crop you out of it. This is definitely a sign that something is wrong.

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Bridget Jones moments every woman has experienced

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Jul 8, 2014

by Amber Saunders

There is nobody quite like Bridget Jones. She represents most women in some way or another, and we can all relate to her. Whether it be single Bridget, married Bridget, heartbroken Bridget or mortified Bridget, we’ve all been there.

1. Showing up to an event either incredibly under-dressed or over-dressed (by accident)

The embarrassment.

2. Rambling away in the presence of beautiful men

Only ours wasn’t Mark Darcy.

3. Feeling the pressure from society to be in a relationship through the medium of your own mother

Always helpful.

4. Resorting to the hermit lifestyle, avoiding all responsibilities and eating nothing but crap

Standard.

5. Try too hard to look amazing for a date and turn out looking like some sort of bizarre pigeon lady

Not worth being late for.

6. Falling for the whimsically intelligent, fun loving bellend.

Happens to the best of us.

7. Having your attempt at being a Domestic Goddess go absolutely arse-ways

Blue soup om nom!

8. Finding mental refuge and strength in the company of your father

They always take our side no matter what.

9. Having two beautiful men fight over you

Lol jk.

10. Either way it’s either a feast or a famine

We all have our good and our bad Tinder days.

11. When we do get some we try to hide the effects of the Relationship Diet

Why did we eat all those burritos?

12. Having a massive pair of comfy granny knickers

Okay, fine. Five pairs.

13. Being the ONLY single one of your friends

Ice-Cream, don’t you leave me too!

14. And having the fact rubbed in your face

Ah, Saturday nights.

15. The revelation that you are a strong, single and independent woman with no desire or need for a man whatsoever

Those Destiny Child girlos would be proud.

16. Seeking self-improvement

Everyday is a fresh start to becoming a better person.

17. Finding that you actually love that guy you hate

But…no. How can this be?

18. Turning down that total d*** who has been messing you around for years and feeling so damn proud about it

You go girl!

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The 15 most irritating people you’ll encounter on roadtrips

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Jul 8, 2014

by Amber Saunders

It’s summer and you know what that means – roadtrips! To the beach, to the coast, to the shops, in a taxi to the club, you know, wherever!

However, roadtrips can often bring out the worst in people. Here are the worst characters you will encounter on your roadtrip.

1. The “DJ”
They can’t help but change the radio station every minute, never listening to a song the whole way through even if they like it. They’re the same kind of people who change the music all the time at house parties, and seem to have the attention span of a 6 year old.

2. Social media addicts
In their eyes, all of their friends and followers on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat must know about the car journey, where a drive to the shop becomes a “road trip with my bestie xoxo.”

3. Drunk people
Loud and annoying, made all the worse by the fact that you’re incredibly jealous that you’re not one of them.

4. Sh*t navigators
Even if they have Google Maps on their phone, they still can’t work out where the car is or where we’re going. This category also includes the people that give directions like “it’s over there,” when they’re in the back seat and you can’t see where they’re pointing.

5. Talkers
Especially annoying if you’re going somewhere new and are trying to concentrate on road signs and lane positions, while they’re telling you about how drunk they were on their last night out, or recounting every detail of whatever TV show they’re watching at the moment.

6. Critics
Even though the person in the test centre deemed you a good enough driver to give you a licence, this doesn’t stop them finding fault with everything you do. The worst kinds of people are critics who don’t even have a licence, but have been driving for a while and claim they just: “haven’t got a chance to book it yet.”

7. Farters
They seem to wait until all of the doors are closed and the car is moving before letting rip, giving absolutely no warning so as to give people a chance to maybe open a window or cover their nose or something. They’re always the smelliest farts as well.

8. Scabby people
Full of empty promises of petrol money and paying back the favour of giving you a lift when they learn to drive, you have long since lost hope of ever seeing either of these things.

9. Smokers
That stale smoke smell can ruin a car, so be careful not to let anyone light up in your car, especially if it’s actually your parents’ car. Drunk people are the worst for this.

10. Messy people
This is a car, not a bin. Please take your empty bottles, cans and wrappers with you. Drunk people are the worst for this as well actually. Bet you really regret not drinking now don’t you?

11. “Passenger Wankers”
Yes, when it was first shown, The Inbetweeners’ “bus wankers” joke was hilarious. But that was 5 years ago, and actually doing it yourself stopped being funny about 4 years and 11 months ago. Please roll the window back up.

12. Awkwardly tall people
They can’t help that their elbows and knees get in the way of the gear stick and the handbrake when they’re in the passenger seat, or jamming their knees into your seat if they’re sitting in the back. But you can’t help thinking that if their legs are that long, they would’ve been quicker walking.

13. Fidgeters
Messing with the heating, the volume on the radio, the electric window, the sun visor; it probably takes every bit of self-control that they have not to reach over and start messing with any buttons that might be on the steering wheel.

14. Nervous people
They get so nervous when you’re approaching roundabouts and other junctions that it almost rubs off on you, and you start to doubt your own ability to drive, especially considering the fact that they’ve left a dent in the dashboard from gripping it so tightly.

15. Your Parent(s)
A combination of critics and nervous people rolled into one.

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The best ever quotes from Modern Family’s Phil Dunphy

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Jul 7, 2014

by Amber Saunders

Phil Dunphy has to be everybody’s favourite Modern Family character. And his one liners are the best around. Here are our personal favourites:

1. Success

2. Legally Blonde

3. Wing Man

4. He’s a clever guy

5. He’s a ladies man

6. A great husband

7. Honesty

8. Footloose

9. Blind Side

10. Hannah Montana

11. Bobo the clown

12. Birthdays are the best

13. Delivery room

14. ‘Phil in’

15. Proud dad

16. Decision making

17. Bad boy

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12 reasons it is NOT a good idea to be friends with your ex

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Jul 7, 2014

by Amber Saunders

Sometimes it can be hard to fully let a relationship go. Maybe you’re in the same circle of friends as your ex or maybe you just need that relationship you had with them – even if it means not actually being with them. Unfortunately, these friendships rarely work out, and here is why:

1. Irrational jealousy
It’s natural to start to think in terms of getting over each other being some sort of ‘competition’. Which will lead to some form of irrational jealousy. Hating someone your ex talked to at a party for no reason is irrational and stupid.

2. You.Had.Sex.With.Them.
Going back to a normal friendship after you’ve done the no pants dance a hundred times and know all each others weird habits is just impossible.

3. Friends group are going to change anyway
One of the main reasons you stay in each others social circle is that you have mutual friends.No one has the same group of friends for their entire lives, its like anything in life, you win some and lose some.

4. In the long run it’s way better to cut them off
Okay so you were all friends for a while but now it’s time to get your sh** together and move on.

5. Staying friends and seeing them move on can be crippling
And when this happens you WILL go back to the place you were 6 months before.

6. You can’t turn off your feelings
At the end of the day we are only human- staying in close contact isn’t going to give your heart a chance to catch up with your brain.

7. Accidental hook-ups
IF you do stay friends, you will probably go out together and end up back in bed. This seems like a good idea at the time but it’s really going to feck up the whole moving-on process.

8. You cannot move on if you stay friends
There’s just too much history most of the time. You need a break.

9. “We’ll stay friends is just a ‘mutual contract’”
Saying stuff like “We’ll say friends” is basically a verbal contract in which you basically mean is: “We are not going to talk sh** about each other/say anything embarrassing about what we did in bed” after we break up. It does not mean you are going to braid each others hair and watch movies together.

10. You need to give it space
Okay so maybe in a few years you can become friends but right now you need to let it die so you can move on.

11. Staying friends on Facebook is a different thing
Everyone knows this predicament- you don’t want to seem petty by blocking them on FB but don’t want daily reminders of them either. To combat this block, them from your newsfeed, notifications, and all of their friends who potentially will add pictures of them enjoying their life without you.

12. Be a strong person without needing them to be your friend
You can do it! Take the time you need to get over them and in a few years, perhaps you can be friends again.

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20 memories every Irish person who went on a J1 will have

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Jul 4, 2014

by Amber Saunders

Every person who has gone a J1 will have these fond (and some not so fond) memories of their time across the pond.

1. Spending a night passed out in a random place
Whether on a beach, your boss’s couch, a kitchen floor or outside your front door because you forgot your keys again, this is something that we’ve all fallen victim too.

2. Started a chant while riding on the public transport
This is mostly one for the lads.

3. Had to explain to at least one American that leprechauns aren’t real.
Sadly, the majority of us have actually had to explain this unfortunate fact to some disappointed Americans. And feel a little guilty for shattering their existence, looking into their sad eyes as they discover that the ginger, dwarf-like mythical creatures actually don’t exist.

4. Forgetting to call your parents to tell them you’re still alive
Having your parents tear the head off you because you haven’t called in 5 days. Answering the phone either still drunk or hungover to shreds because of the time difference and trying to calm your worrying mother down is a mammoth task at the time.

5. Travelling over 3,000 miles only to shift someone in the same college class as you
Hopes are high when you fly out from The Emerald Isle, dying to taste some of the American cuisine. However it all goes south when you come home only after shifting some of the same people you share a lecture hall with back at college. Ah well…

6. Growing a sudden allegiance to an American sports team
We all like to participate in our local teams, however awful they may be. But hey, at least we bring a bit of atmosphere to the stadiums!

7. Receiving desperate care packages from your mammy at home
Having your mammy send over a care package full of Lyons Tea, Cadbury’s Dairy Milk bars, and a family pack of glorious Tayto crisps because you’ve cleaned your bank account out after just 3 weeks in the US!

8. Having sunburn for 3 whole months
It doesn’t take us Irish long to get a nice even burn – 2 hours ought to do it for most! Then we immediately regret our poor decision while we beg our roommates to lube us up at night with some aloe vera to ease the pain. But we never learn our lesson do we? Still, it’s worth it after all that dead skin peels off and you arrive home with a glorious rich mahogany tan, showing off in front of your friends and family like the Greek goddess that you are. Boom!

9. Either totally tarnishing or massively boosting the Irish reputation abroad
It’s one or the other. We Irish are an infectious bunch and let’s face it, the Americans do already love us! However, every summer, we flee the American cities like a murderer away from the scene of a crime. Like human wrecking balls, we came, we saw, we conquered, then left. 90% of the time we do leave a great impression among the Americans, but there are a few who are left with a sour taste in their mouths. And to those, the sincerest of apologies!

10. Putting on at least 2 stone in weight
Remember checking yourself out in the mirror and wondering where those love handles came from? Probably from all those 7/11 hot dogs, McDonald’s burgers and late night Taco Bell Burritos!

12. Totally resonating with the lyrics of The Corona’s San Diego Song
Yep, sure give it a listen now. The Coronas wrote this song while on their J1 in California’s beautiful San Diego. Don’t lie, you can TOTALLY identify with it, can’t you?

13. Having the super-human strength to drink 92 days in a row
It wasn’t easy, but you did it. It was no easy road but getting there in the end is ALMOST worth the several night’s spewing up into a bin, frequent blackouts, ultimate fear and near-liver failure. Almost. Although we can’t even fathom going through all that hell again!

14. Spoken more Irish than you ever have in your life
All those years learning Irish. You think you’ll never use it again and that you’ve completely forgotten it all, but you’re wrong. Stateside is where it all regurgitates out. It’s frequently used as a subtle reminder that you’re Irish and a great weapon for pulling members of the opposite sex. The beauty of As Gaeilge. “Tá é an-mhaith!” See? Still got it!

15. Getting reprimanded by law enforcement
Whether doing something as ridiculous as walking through the street with a can in your hand or something more extreme like hopping over the counter in McDonald’s at 3am and starting to serve your friends, there’s been a few Irish who have been reprimanded by the police. Never a good idea.

16. Shared a house with 30 people
Good Lord, cramped is not the word. “Ah sure look, it’s only 3 months.” Going to sleep in a space the size of a medium mattress is not comfortable in the slightest, especially when you’re sharing it with someone else on those drunken nights. But you’ll never appreciate your own bed more than the day you arrive home from your J1.

17. Took the piss out of some gullible Americans
“You guys are lucky – electricity is a privilege we don’t have at home,” “the legal age of drinking for us is 12 years-old” or even “we don’t have Wednesdays in Ireland.”

18. Being technically “homeless” for a short period of time
That time you spent drifting from apartment to apartment with no summer house in sight. It was only a couple of days but it felt like a never-ending nightmare at the time!

19. Had to explain where Ireland is to an American
No it’s not in the UK, no it’s not beside Australia and NO it’s not “somewhere over at the west coast.” Without a map, you’ll be knackered trying to explain to an American where Ireland is actually located.

20. Adapted a slight American accent
Sometimes you just can’t help it.

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21 things you should have learnt before turning 21 but didn’t

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Jul 4, 2014

by Amber Saunders

Ah, 21. The age of adulthood. The age where you realise this life is yours and you better look after it. Here are some things you should have learnt before turning 21, but if you’re anything like us, didn’t.

1. How to budget properly
No more splashing that cash! It’s time for rules.

2. Knowing your limits
This isn’t only when it comes to drink, but also taking care of your body. When you’re young, you don’t really think much about taking care of your body, but when you get older you start to realise that it’s more about preservation.

3. How to cook for yourself
This doesn’t mean making yourself a turkey sambo or sticking a pizza in the oven. It’s being actually able to cook healthy food and have enough variety that you don’t get sick of having the same thing every night.

4. There is no such thing as a junk food diet
No matter how much you may love junk food or have a sweet tooth, eventually you will realise that you can’t actually live eating junk food everyday. It’s ok in moderation, but junk food should be a reward or a way to treat yourself.

5. Eventually things will catch up on you
Whether it’s you’re metabolism, lack of sleep or you’re total neglect of exercise, it will all catch upon you.

6. Failure is always an option
You will learn ten times more from failure than you do from constant success, if everything is rosy all the time you will never see your weaknesses. Failing makes you reassess things and sometimes it can be something really simple that you never saw before.

7. Being jealous of others is unhealthy
When you were younger, you would always be jealous of what everyone else had and as you got older you became jealous of other people. Jealousy is poison and the more you let it consume you the more you lose the sense of who you really are.

8. Being older doesn’t make you any less awkward
Just because you’re that little bit older doesn’t mean your personality will drastically change. If you were awkward back then, odds are you’re just as awkward – if not more – now. You can learn to be less awkward around people, but you can’t just expect it to happen.

9. Maturity doesn’t happen overnight
Maturity comes from experience and you don’t suddenly becoming mature just because you’re older. Sometimes you have to learn this the hard way but that’s ok, you’re still only a young adult.

10. Don’t worry so much about what people think about you
There comes a stage in your life when you really just don’t care what people think of you. This isn’t to say you should act like an asshole and do what you want without thinking of the consequences. It’s more the fact you don’t have to live your life trying to please everyone you meet.

11. Nothing ever lives up to your expectations
This isn’t always a bad thing though, because sometimes you expect something horrible and you’re pleasantly surprised. On the flip side, when you spend time building something up in your head, it never turns out as you expected it to.

12. Don’t dwell on the past so much
It’s ok every now and again to take a look at your life and see where you’re going, but if you live in the past you won’t see what’s ahead of you.

13. Don’t be afraid to ask others for help, we’re all in the same boat
Odds are that you’re not the only one who needs it, so don’t be afraid to ask for someone else’s help, you never know, you might be able to help them with something in return. If you in a dark place its always better to ask others for advice on how to get out of it.

14. You can’t live with your parents forever
As cushy as living with your parents may seem, sooner or later you will have to move out and get your own place. It may seem daunting, but you and your friends can share a place when they all have a job. It’s like staying on a tour bus with your mates, be prepared to hate them.

15. College isn’t for everyone
If you’re 21 and you have dropped out of college twice already, maybe it just isn’t for you. Some people are more suited to going straight into the working world and know exactly what they want to do. They don’t have to waste money on doing a degree that won’t benefit them in any way when it’s all said and done.

16. Finding a job you love is better than just finding a job
We all need money right? But if you know what you want to do and it’s actually viable, then go do it. You might have to get other jobs in the meantime but don’t settle for what you have if you really want to go further.

17. It’s better to have a few great friends than loads that you can’t count on
Your no longer in school and it’s not about popularity anymore. If you have a small group of friends that you can trust and know that they’ve got your back you don’t need much more. They will always be there when you need them and you will always return the favour.

18. It’s better to have bad relationships now than later on
When you’re young, it’s the best time to break-up with your girlfriend and get back together again. It’s the time to cheat and the time to get cheated on. When you get older you have to commit and be loyal and you don’t want to end up like the people on Jeremy Kyle.

19. If you think they’re the one they’re most likely not
As the saying goes, love is blind but there is much more to a relationships than you think. It’s not always those that are a perfect match that end up being with each other in the end.

20. Just be you: that’s all that matters
There is so much pressure from the media to look a certain and think a certain way. They’re wrong! What makes people attractive is that they have a way of looking at the world. Be comfortable in your skin, we’re not all super =models, and frankly,we’re better off because of it.

21. Your life hasn’t turned out the way you expected it, but that’s ok
We all have a vision of how our life will turn out and that it will be smooth sailing. It can be a harsh realisation when things don’t happen for you, but you shouldn’t be deterred. You still have a life to live and make what you want of it, the only thing is that when it’s all said and done, you did it in your own way.

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12 signs you and your BFF are peas in a pod

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Jul 3, 2014

by Amber Saunders

You get worried that you’re a bit toooo weird together, but hey, it’a all fun so who cares! Here are the signs that you and your best friend are two of a kind

1. You dare each other to do stupid things
You do really crazy and stupid stuff together, but have the utmost trust in each other.

2. You communicate in your own special way
You have an interesting way of saying I love you and insults are your way of expressing how much your friend means to you. It’s as if complimenting each other isn’t enough.

3. You can tell them anything, no matter how strange it sounds
They’re like an open book and they have literally no filter. You can tell them your deepest darkest secrets, but also disgusting things about your body and they won’t bat an eyelid.

4. You still call each other by your stupid nicknames
You never call them by their full name either it’s a shortened version of their name of just the first letter like D, M or Aido. It’s extrmemely childish, but both of you still think it’s cool.

5. You have to text each other every night before you go to bed
When your friend forgets to text you feel like something has gone wrong, you start to think of what you said to them earlier and if they’re mad at you or not. In reality they just fell asleep and forgot to text you.

6. You ‘literally’ die when you randomly meet each other in public
Meeting your friend when you weren’t planning on seeing them makes your week. You can’t help but cause a scene when you randomly see your friends walking down the street.

7. You know each other’s phone number and Facebook passwords off by heart
After spending so much time with them you know their phone number and every one of their passwords. You don’t memorise them, over time you have been exposed to it so much that they just seem to sink in.

8. If you’re not home, they wait in your house until you come home
You feel so comfortable with each other that if you’re not there when they call they just chill in your house until you do. Your family doesn’t mind either because they love having them over.

9. Your idea of a night-in is wearing pyjamas and watching romantic comedies together
If you’re at home and bored you invite them over to eat junk food and watch movies. It doesn’t matter how you look, so you both wear pyjamas.

10. When you order food you get one portion and share it
You know exactly the type of food you both like so you just order one thing and share it between you. Sometimes you don’t even have to say it and you order a 4 and 1 for the both of you.

11. You know every detail of each other’s sex life
There is nothing that you haven’t already told them about your sex life. Who you shifted last night, who your stalking on Facebook and all the rest of the gory details!

12. When they’re not around you feel like a piece of you is missing
You’re not the same without the creepy look that they give you, or the random things they say on a daily basis. The only thing that comforts you is when you get a text from them.

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