13 Signs You Might Be the ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’

Call Rebecca Bunch whatever you’d like: certifiable, wacky, insane, cool, horrible, hilarious, smart, silly…we won’t argue you on any of those terms.

But one thing we can’t deny? Rebecca is the Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. (The situation’s a bit more nuanced than that.)

Rachel Bloom, who has already taken home a Golden Globe and a Critic’s Choice award for her role as the titular character, is what we believe to be the future of female comedy. Like legendary funny women who came before her, from Lucille Ball to Candice Bergen to Tina Fey, Rachel Bloom is making a name for herself with a fresh take on how to make viewers laugh — and think.

Bloom, a YouTube sensation who co-created the CW Comedy, has given us in Rebecca Bunch a character that is completely unique on television; a smart, capable, feminist lawyer — who is also completely obsessed with her high school boyfriend in a seriously unhealthy and hilarious way.

She’s unique to television, but not to the average viewer of television. Rebecca Bunch is actually just like you and me, and whether we publicly admit it or not, she’s kind of our spirit animal!

Here are just a few times that we saw ourselves in the Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.

1. You Social Media Stalker, You

Don’t for a second pretend that you’ve never checked up on someone using Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. We’ve all been there. Heck, I can probably log in to any of those outlets and tell you what at least 10 of my friends had for lunch and where they ate it. It’s so easy to follow everyone’s every move! And it’s totally not the same as stalking…right?

2. You’ve Orchestrated a Totally Casual Meet-Cute

You’re guilty of it. When you KNOW someone MIGHT show up somewhere, so you go there as well, hoping for that very natural meet-cute moment…except that it’s definitely not a meet-cute because you primped for hours making sure that you’d look completely breezy and casual, should you happen to run in to that special someone.

3. Your Insatiable Love of Doughnuts

Stuff ‘em with jelly, cream, frosting, it really doesn’t matter. Just grab the box and stuff them in your mouth, just like Rebecca regularly does. Whoever said the way to happiness was through your stomach was totally ON POINT.

4. You Aren’t Very Good At Yoga…And Everyone Else Is

How many times have you vowed to go to yoga, only to hide in the very back row, in a corner, so that no one will see how terrible you actually are at it? Or so that no one will see how much you sweat because you’re so completely out of shape. Why is everyone else so good at yoga? Is this a natural talent? Why aren’t they sweating as much as you? You don’t even know why you went to yoga to begin with. Let’s be real…you’re not going back after this one time.

5. You Find Yourself Pondering Grammatical Errors

That apostrophe MAKES a difference. Is it ownership or plural? It drives you crazy, so you ask a friend. And when they don’t know either, you Google it. And when THAT’S inconclusive you obsess over it all day until you FINALLY get the answer from a pretty reliable source, a Facebook page. Then you look at the clock and realize it’s 4:45, and you’ve done nothing you were supposed to do for your boss, and you’re supposed to leave in 15 minutes…OOPS?

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