15 Signs You Were a Cheerleader (and Forever Will Be on the Inside)
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You may have only been a cheerleader as a teen, but those years follow you forever. Cheer is basically a way of life and the memories you make with your team stay with you as you go into adulthood. If you were a cheerleader, you'll totally understand (and LOL at) these truths that you still deal with today.
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To this day you still yell the loudest at sporting events.
It's that cheer voice. Yell from your stomach, duh.
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You still have a pair of spankies in the corner of your drawer.
Those stupid things literally never go away.
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Your toe touches are nowhere near as high as they used to be.
But it's still fun to try (and fail at them) in the living room.
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You still break out into cheer during very non-cheer related situations.
Sometimes the popcorn in the microwave needs a little support.
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You watch cheerleaders of the current generation and they're just not as good as you were (in your head).
DO they even know what spirit fingers are?
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When you hear a song from an old routine, you'll start doing the moves.
At the clubs, in the grocery store — it really doesn't matter where.
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You have perfected putting your makeup on in the car due to bus ride makeovers.
You had to put that cheer face on during rides to away games.
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You still have nightmares about messing up a routine.
Or even worse, a stunt.
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