Like a naughty puppy, we just can’t help but love Cleveland, because even though it chews up the furniture and snows erratically, it also loves us back unconditionally. So here’s to the small struggles that give us just enough to complain about without tarnishing our love for the Land!
- Having to check your weather app every single morning, because you never know if it will be 70 degrees or 17.
switz1873/Flickr Do you put on shorts or snow boots? They probably used this barbecue the day before…
- The wild emotional roller-coaster of supporting our teams.
Erik Drost/Flickr From the highs of smash-out wins to the lows of close-out losses, the Indians, Cavs and Browns make us all a bit crazy.
- Trying to take the RTA to or from a game.
Paul Sableman/Flickr And not getting home for about six hours (take a snack… and maybe a sleeping bag).
- Trying to choose where to eat.
Edsel Little/Flickr Because there’s so much amazing food in Cleveland.
- Immediately becoming defensive and suspicious when someone asks where you’re from.
Valerie/Flickr Like this koala from the Cleveland Zoo, you’re ready to jump anyone who says anything bad about Cleveland.
- Hearing ‘Cleveland Rocks’ about seven million times a year.
Jazz Guy/Flickr But secretly loving it, even if you complain every time.
- Running out of Christmas Ale.
Erica Taffany/Flickr And knowing you have to wait until next year to get more.
- Knowing that this will inevitably happen to any car you keep for too long.
Michael Coppola/Flickr Unless you maintain it better and longer than anyone really wants to maintain their car.
- Having to drive to Columbus (or Detroit or Chicago) to see a show.
G Bassett/Flickr Then driving back in the same night.
- Trying to decide which one of your Cleveland shirts suits your mood today.
Paul Oka/Flickr Because you have about 40 of them, and all of them are just different enough.
- Being torn between feeling ecstatic that someone famous has come back to Cleveland and still feeling personally slighted that they left in the first place.
Keith Allison/Flickr LeBron James, Michael Symon…
- Making a new friend and then finding out their favorite pierogi place isn’t the same as your favorite pierogi place.
Edsel Little/Flickr Let’s face it, there’s really only one contender.
- Missing the season at Cedar Point.
Jeremy Thompson/Flickr Or having to go on the first or last weekend when every single child in Ohio is there.
- Forgetting to take cash when you go shopping at a certain grocery chain.
Nicholas Eckhart/Flickr The good news is that some stores are now taking card payments.
Do you relate to these struggles? What other everyday struggles do you think every Clevelander can relate to?
switz1873/Flickr
Do you put on shorts or snow boots? They probably used this barbecue the day before…
Erik Drost/Flickr
From the highs of smash-out wins to the lows of close-out losses, the Indians, Cavs and Browns make us all a bit crazy.
Paul Sableman/Flickr
And not getting home for about six hours (take a snack… and maybe a sleeping bag).
Edsel Little/Flickr
Because there’s so much amazing food in Cleveland.
Valerie/Flickr
Like this koala from the Cleveland Zoo, you’re ready to jump anyone who says anything bad about Cleveland.
Jazz Guy/Flickr
But secretly loving it, even if you complain every time.
Erica Taffany/Flickr
And knowing you have to wait until next year to get more.
Michael Coppola/Flickr
Unless you maintain it better and longer than anyone really wants to maintain their car.
G Bassett/Flickr
Then driving back in the same night.
Paul Oka/Flickr
Because you have about 40 of them, and all of them are just different enough.
Keith Allison/Flickr
LeBron James, Michael Symon…
Let’s face it, there’s really only one contender.
Jeremy Thompson/Flickr
Or having to go on the first or last weekend when every single child in Ohio is there.
Nicholas Eckhart/Flickr
The good news is that some stores are now taking card payments.
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