The Surrey bubble is a unique place where seemingly everyone drives a Range Rover or a Mini Cooper and owns a labrador, and Guildford is certainly no exception. If you want to escape it then uni provides the perfect opportunity - just don't go to Surrey-on-sea, aka Exeter.
Here are 13 things you'll only know if you grew up in Guildford...
1. As you grow up and leave home you begin to realise that anyone who lives outside of the Surrey/London area hasn't heard of Guildford. Accept it and move on.
2. You instantly regret making the mistake of telling people you're from London. When you're abroad then fair enough, but telling your mate from Manchester that you're from London for him to find out you're actually from Guildford just isn't worth the hassle and the ripping you get afterwards.
3. Every time you hear the old 'Surrey?' 'Sorry?' joke you physically cringe. It's not funny. Please stop.
4. Everyone assumes you're mega posh – go skiing 6 times a year, own 3 horses, went to boarding school and call your parents 'mummy' and 'daddy'. (Shh it's ok, embarrassingly I still call them that too.)
5. MNG. Those 3 letters will make your spine tingle (possibly with joy but mainly with fear). You couldn't wait to be old enough to go, but the minute you turned 18 and realised how awful it truly was you couldn't get out of there fast enough.
6. The worst part of a Guildford night out is undoubtedly that the only 2 takeaways shut ridiculously early. This girl needs her greasy chips at the end of the night!
7. The other bad bit being having to pay £25 for a 2-minute taxi ride back to your house. Ok, maybe that's an exaggeration but it is ridiculous.
8. You see everyone you know in Casino smoker's area. And I mean everyone.
9. You haven't ventured to Woking since Creams opened in Guildford. To be fair, did you go much before then? When it was the only place with Primark and Creams it was worth visiting occasionally, but now that we have both, what's the point?
(PS. When you go to Creams if you haven't already, try the ice cream sundaes. You can thank me later whilst in a sugar coma.)
10. You remember that glorious time Stu from Guildford was on The Great British Bake Off repping Surrey. Until he got eliminated in the first round for making a beetroot Black Forest Gateau. Why Stu, why?
*Sobs hysterically at how Bake Off will never be the same again now the gals are gone*
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11. It was a massive deal the first time you were allowed to get the train up to London by yourself. First stop was Topshop on Oxford Street or the Abercrombie store just off Savile Row until you became too cool for that and started to religiously hit up Camden Market. Yay for the travel card.
12. Mufti day at school meant everyone parading around in their finest Jack Wills, Hollister or Abercrombie attire. Man, those hoodies were comfy though.
13. When the Waitrose opened in Guildford last year it was an emotional day for most Surrey mums (and dads). Now those tasty treats are right on our doorstep, and we no longer have to travel all the way to Godalming. Happy days.
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