When you can't tell the difference between ACNL and real life. One day last. week, I got home from work and did my chores: water the plants, feed the pet and pay my credit cards online. Then I started playing Animal Crossing and watered the flowers, gave a pear to Dr Shrunk and paid off some of my mortgage to Tom Nook... so which of these is real?
When you accidentally say 'bells' instead of your normal currency. Seriously embarrasing.
Today I was looking out of the window on a flight and it was quite dirty. We were flying over the ocean and a smudge on the window looked like a fish shadow. I instinctively grabbed my bag to get out my fishing rod. Yes this happened.
When you go to do yard work or gardening, you visualize it thinking, I'll just remove these blackberries and weeds in one easy swoop and plant that flower over there no problem. And then you realize digging holes, pulling weeds and planting takes hard physical effort.
When you see a large beetle (see my location - yes, I'm talking about the large Japanese beetles) on your porch IRL and wish you could sell it for $10,000 (or even 10,000 yen - that's still almost $100 USD).
When you can't sleep because you're busy thinking up how you want to re-arrange your house or re-landscape your town.