You Might Have a Tropical Obsession If…

It’s no secret that we here at Rum Therapy do indeed have a tropical obsession…so  much so that we actually are willing to “work” to make our tropical obsession our profession. But just what are the signs of a tropical obsession? If you answer yes to any of these, you may have it. Not that having a tropical obsession is a bad thing – and we’re here to help fuel your obsession with pictures and ideas of what to see and do in the tropics. So whenever you find yourself day dreaming about a beautiful beach and a piña colada, just stop by for a visit. Our pictures of the islands and drink recipes will give you all the therapy you need to make it through your day!

You Might Have a Tropical Obsession If…

1. You see a picture of a beautiful beach on the computer and you drool just a little. Kind of like Pavlov’s dog – you can’t help it.

2. You find yourself planning your next tropical vacation the day you get back from the last one.

3. A hammock with an ocean view sounds so much more relaxing than a cushiony pillow top bed in your own home.

4. Just the thought of a Painkiller on the beach can get you through a Monday.

5. If you close your eyes, look up and imagine yourself on a sugar soft sand beach, you can almost feel the sun on your face and a soft tropical breeze blowing – even in the middle of winter.

6. You get a little teary every time Kenny Chesney’s song “Be As You Are” plays.

7. You can finish this entire verse from Jimmy Buffet’s song “Margaritaville”:

I blew out my flip flop, __________________________________________________

8. You feel like commenting “Oh, I REALLY need this” on every beautiful beach and frosty rum concoction picture posted on Facebook.

9. The thought of traveling with your in-laws is actually tolerable if it will include beach time…and rum.

10. You have a sign that says “It’s 5:00 Somewhere” hanging from your tiki bar in the backyard…


And the number one way to tell if you might have a tropical obsession?

You feel that flip flops are a perfectly acceptable form of footwear…year round!

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34 Replies to “You Might Have a Tropical Obsession If…”

  1. Hi my name is Missy, I’m posting on here for the 1st time, and YES, I too have a Tropical Obsession ……. and can’t wait to do it again!!!

  2. I honestly have an obsession; I can not wait till the boys graduate high school so we can move to the islands. I went back to school to be a nurse just so I would have a profession I could use anywhere. I have a tanning bed room painted ocean blue and decorated like a tiki bar with a Kenny Chesney stand up!

  3. YES! I do have this obsession but, it’s not my fault! My parents taught me! (I’m 52yrs young) Thank you Mom & Dad!

  4. I’m consently dreaming of living in the islands on a hammock under the trees with a sea breeze and a rum and cola with a young island girl :-)

  5. Oh yeah! Every single one a big, resounding YES!!!!!

    I wish I had thought to get a profession that I could use anywhere. Not much call for script supervisors in the tropics. Am, however, attempting to develop my love of writing into a viable source of income. Here is hoping!! Barring that, I suppose I could always take a bar-tending course. Don’t think that hasn’t crossed my mind before now!!

  6. Hi…my name is Laura and I have a problem!!! LOL…..

    I want to live on the beach everyday!!!!! I love me some “salt” life!!! :))))

  7. Yes, I am obsessed. Boardshorts, flip-flops and tropical shirts are all I wear…already living on an island, only yards from the water!

  8. Yes I have an addiction to warm, sandy, breezy and carefree living beach days! I tell my husband we should sell everything and move to the tropics! He’s not going for it:(

    1. Jennifer – don’t know that we’ll ever be able to move there either, but we’ll travel there as much and as long as possible!!

  9. Yes. Tortola. Need a palapa for my industrial sewing machine- boat accessories, hammocks, clothes, you name it. Just find me a way to eke by and I am on my way.

  10. Well, I don’t have a sign that says “It’s 5:00 Somewhere” in my backyard, but it does a have several tiki torches & hibiscus plants!

  11. I love “Be As You Are” and I love Kenny! I thought that song just made me feel that way. I feel cleansed each time I visit the ocean. It’s like being kissed by God himself! Thanks for your site. It makes me smile each day! :)

  12. …cut my heal, had to cruise on back home.
    But there’s booze in the blender
    And soon it will render
    That frozen concoction that helps me hang on.

  13. I am totally and completely obsessed! My goal is to have another beach house on a wonderful beach one more time, that this time I will be able to keep!

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