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Sorry to break it to you…but your life after college isn’t as fabulous as it looks when you’re in college.

Thought you would be the next Anna Wintour? A lot of us are settling for that unpaid internship. Certain that good wine and steak would be a regular weekday meal? We just spruce up our ramen with boiled eggs and mystery ingredients from the fridge.

And while it was super fun to think of our amazing lives outside of college, the reality will shock you.

That is, if you aren’t already living this kind of post-grad life, which isn’t half-bad when I think about it.

But to a dreaming senior in college, these are the cold, hard facts. Don’t kill me, I’m just the messenger.

Food

In college:

After college:

Money

In college:

After college:

Love Life

In college:

After college:

Amazing Career

In college:

After college:

(Yeah right…)

Clothes

In college:

After college:

Living Situation:

In college:

After college:

(Welcome to NYC…)

Social Life:

In college:

After college:

All Around Togetherness

In college:

After college:

But no need to worry. Wine straight out of the bottle at age 35 isn’t as bad as it sounds. But if you’re starting to feel anything like this…

I say about now is the time to do that. Then get over it. Welcome to the real world.