You've been able to legally drink at the age of 16, but have also been buying lottery tickets, cigarettes and drinking since you were 12 if you wanted to without any problems.
You don’t bother with going to church, except for Christmas and your childrens' communions.
You’re used to being the target of dumb French and Dutch jokes
You criticize the French-speakers when you’re Flemish and vice versa, without really knowing the reason why.
You’re used to having your bread automatically cut ‘coupé/gesneden’ by your baker or by a bread cutting machine at the supermarket.
You enjoy one of the best and most efficient health care services in the world
You realize abroad that almost nothing is known about your country, except the chocolate, beer, waffles and Brussels sprouts.
You know that Stella is nothing more than an ordinary beer (à la Budweiser for Americans) but advertised and sold as a luxury beer in the U.S.
You get angry when you’re told that Magritte, Jacques Brel and Hergé were French and that Rubens was Dutch
You love France but despise French arrogance and ethnocentrism.
You think the Netherlands is a cool crazy country but you dislike the Dutch accent and stinginess. ( Ik niet ;p )
You consider breaking the speed limit normal, and honk and flash at people who don't.
you know many people "unemployed" working in black
You think it would be a good idea to impose English as the official Belgian language to simplify communication between Dutch, French and German speakers.
You can tell from which city a Fleming or Walloon comes from just from their accent or the way they dress.
You wonder how comes that other countries' motorways are not lit in bright orange light at night.
You like chocolate flavour in everything: in breakfast cereals, in cappuccino, melted on fruits, choco-spread instead of jam, or in just about any dessert.
Hell Yeah!
So here's a heart to heart on the back of postcards sent from California