Your mainland husband or wife understands everything you say
You don't use words like "da kine" any more
You dress up to eat at home
You wear socks and sneakers instead "go-aheads" with no socks
Your mother has stopped sending you care packages from Hawaii with good Islands food stuffs for you and for impress your friends and neighbors that you from the Islands
When you go picnic, you eat salami and cheese with sourdough bread and Caesar salad instead teriyaki spam sandwich wid rice and macaroni salad
You no mind drive 45 minutes to go the store
You buy cheap macadamia nut chocolate candy from Costco and think it taste OK
Your teenagers no buy their dates carnation leis for the Prom
You order Hot-links with your eggs instead of Portugese Sausage
You sit the chair with your feet on the floor instead under your okole
Your garage get ski's instead of surfboard(s)
Your permanent burned in "Tan Line" on your lower back above your okole is gone
You no even offer take your shoes off when you walk in someone's house
You eat beef teriyaki on a stick once each year at a festival
You eat ice cream after the movies instead one bowl "saimin"
You forgot how good taste fresh made hot Malasadas from Leonard's Bakery Moilili
Your feet hurt when you walk barefoot
You complain when it rain .....
Please send us more "You been away the Islands too long if...".
