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Posted: 11/28/2006 2:36:20 AM | ahhhh one step, a trip ta florida wouldnt be complete without seein our legendary sas an his dream gal, our true grits sista bucs....they jest happen ta be my fave pof couple an i love em dearly...i allus tell her i will protect her from any snakes while i'm constantly searchin fer sas's cousin swamp-ape... i figger that'd be a feller worth ketchin....
danny, one thang 'bout them hurricanes...an i happen ta live where 4 came thru in one year...they did alotta damage, but they also brought out tha good in a lotta folks that we wouldnt have seen otherwise....sometimes tha worst trials bring out tha best in us an its when we meet tha challenges in life that we stretch ourselves to tha fullest... i once heard that true forgiveness is found in tha flower that perfumes tha foot that crushed it...i reckon thats how alotta of us southerners reacted to tha storms.... | |
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Posted: 11/28/2006 5:57:39 AM |
I don't know anyone who waves at everyone they see, I've never been called "miz" in my life (just Angela, or "hey you" haha), Southern women (like many women) have no problem embarassing someone, and I can honestly say that I've never heard someone under the age of 60 do the "bless her/his heart" thing.
Actually I get "Miz" everyday. And I probably say "Bless her heart" several times a week. And I'm not over 60. Of course, a friend of mine says Texas isn't really part of the south, it's in the southwest so what do I know! I'd have to agree there are a lot of stereotypes about the south, but they are still some of the most well mannered folks I know. And friendly. Give me southern charm anyday. Of course, I don't think I've ever gone out with anyone not from the south. | |
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Posted: 11/28/2006 6:01:33 AM | @danny.......ok well maybe I will have to check out the stripes! TOO FUNNY .........
Yes, hands down Bucs and Sasq have to be the most sweetest southern couple of the forums, and well just sweet period! I agree.
I received an email this morning about southern charm and I thought it was a welcome addition to this thread and with his permission I have posted it to share with you. So here it is.......
From: talldarkandsweet (View Profile) Subject: Good analysis on southern charm... Sent Date: 11/28/2006 6  07 AM I read your post and you are right on point. I'm from Georgia and life is totally different in the south. I've been to Carolina to visit also..Both north and south. And up the coast alittle. It sometimes It's amazing how nice people are. I've lived in the midwest for along time and still can't get used to how people act. It's all about how we are raised in the south..I don't know about others but, i was taught early that if you have a guest you make your house their home so to speak. It's a "i will give you the shirt of my back mentality." But it's joyful giving. I recently was in carolina visiting family...I was in the grocery store. And i was with my mother getting some "greens". And as we turned from the veggie stand this woman out of nowhere sticks her head in between us playfully and says..."What time is dinner cuz I'm comin over!!!"...We all laughed and smiled..It's just different in the south. Our faith in GOD..Our respect for others. Sometimes i get told that I'm so nice and sweet..lol...I'm quick to give the credit to my mother and then i sometimes say...I'm southern what do you expect..lol...
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Posted: 11/28/2006 6:02:10 AM | ^
It's gotta be a deep south thing. That really must be it.
My relatives in Louisiana think I'm a "Yankee" (yeah, people still use that term) because I live north of Georgia, so it makes sense.  | |
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Posted: 11/28/2006 8:02:07 AM | Ma'am, bless your heart for this tread.
Now, ya'll just need to head on down to your local book store and pick up a couple of great books by local writer and columnist, Celia Rivenbark. Carry your neighbor with you as she'll certainly enjoy these books also. Celia is a fabulous writer and she will, without a doubt, shed some light on the southern way of living. She has several books, but I'd suggest starting with, "Bless Your Heart, Tramp", or perhaps, "We're Just Like You, Only Prettier". I have not read her newest, "Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank", but I can only hope it is half as entertaining as her others.
I have met some of the nicest people since moving here. No, really, I have! Kind, considerate, polite, genuine, etc. Oh, wait a minute.......the majority of them are from NY, NJ, ME, DE.
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Posted: 11/28/2006 10:45:59 AM | they are no different than anyone else. i'm close to the south but not close enough to be biased.
there are some things that are VASTLY different though. on my way to new orleans, driving through southern missouri/arkansas i stopped at one of those road side junk shops/gas stations and they had the little mammy statues. i couldn't believe it
even worse at another place in arkansas we were buying some alcohol and got carded. when the clerk looked at my friend's ID he said....you're from SANT louis??? how kin you live with all them n*ggers!?
i mean seriously.
we in the midwest may not be perfect but i would never, EVER have to look at mammy statues or be questioned on how i could co-exist with black folks. at least certainly not within the city limits of st. louis. which happens to be a city with extreme racial tensions.
these are just my experiences other people would have different experiences. i have had wonderful experiences with wonderful people in the south but they don't seem any different or any more special than the good experiences i have had in the midwest
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Posted: 11/28/2006 11:03:28 AM | I have said it once and Ill say it again.We of the South got it going on.I was born and raised in Kentucky and I feel like Im in my heaven.And as you said you can find no other after searching far like us.Its our own secret recipe that we IN THE sOUTH ARE BLESSED WITH.aND IF YOU HAVE THE CHANCE YOU SHOULD CHECK US OUT FOR WE HAVE IT ALL AND KNOW WE BEEN BLESSED.  | |
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Posted: 12/12/2006 12:46:50 PM | | lol, i am an updated southern boy. minus a couple of things on your list. I lost alot of those things along in my 23 years of life. hopefully when i grad school and leave the south i will no longer be a southern boy. | |
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Posted: 12/12/2006 1:59:36 PM | Grass is always greener on the other side. You're from the North so you obviously find Southern men charming.
I find tribal men from the jungles of Africa charming too. It happens.
<-------From a Georgian girl....or should I say peach? | |
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Posted: 12/12/2006 5:02:45 PM | | I have lived in Georgia all of my life, and find that I rarely date men who are native Southerners, since most of the Southern men that I have met either want a woman to control them or one to walk 20 steps behind them. Since I am not like either one of those women, I get along better with men who are from other places. | |
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Posted: 12/12/2006 7:38:06 PM | This southern hospitality thing and it's charm is sooo over rated!!! They never say what they mean, they take toooo long to react to everything, by the time u find out(if u find out!) if they are interested, you could count how many times u yawned or caught yourself nodding out! Many times they smile in your face and talk about ya behaind your back! Give me honesty, the ability to communicate clearly and up front any day. oops! did I just give away the fact that i"m a yankee!!! | |
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Posted: 12/13/2006 6:00:44 PM | | Thank God we have the North (sarcasm) to carry the country.......where would we be? All of the intelligent, open-minded, honest ppl live up there.....who grouped everyone off? I must have slept through that. Awesome though that somehow we managed to keep the good completely separate from the bad. Give me a break.... | |
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Posted: 12/14/2006 9:36:44 AM | I totally agree from your statement about the skin color. I am originally from North Carolina and have Cherokee Indian in me. I have been in the smaller towns and have been treated differently because of my skin color. Southern's seem to think I am a different Nationality so they become rude to me. I disagree with the theory of southern guys open doors for you, I have been the one that southern guy walk all over to beat me out the door, and run me over. So this holds true about someone skin color and how someone treats you. I have stood back and witnessed store employees being very rude to Hispanic's and Latino's. I can truly say that I have never had a Hispanic/Latino man walk all over me, close the door in my face and be rude to me. I can actually say that I have Hispanic/Latino men to let me in line in front of them at a store. I do believe it is the way someone is raised not the location they were born.  | |
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Posted: 12/14/2006 10:16:53 AM | I'm from the south ...And never looked at it that way...Guess that apart of how we are able to get what we want..I'm in Hawaii for a spell..And was looking for a nice guy to hang with..But i met a guy from the south...Can't say the state..But He charmed me..had all the Charm, Grace, Respect,Hostpitality you could ask for.But it was all a game to get (you know).
But I knew it from the start being a girl from TN...But I find myself needing more of him.Not his heart..lol But the other body part..
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Posted: 1/5/2007 5:54:48 AM | | The Southeastern USA has some of the rudest people that I have ever encountered. I am well traveled so I feel safe in speaking out about this subject. Displaying the offensive Confederate flag and having legal discrimination when the rest of North America had abolished it... seems rude to me! The high illiteracy rate of the South continues to be an embarrasment to the rest of the country. Immigrant children routinely outscore Southern children in school tests. | |
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Posted: 1/5/2007 9:07:50 AM | One thing I have noticed is the amount of bigotry and hatred spewed out against the South by those who claim to be "tolerant" and open minded. What a bunch of hypocrites. Some on here are no better than those they claim to be bigots and racists. I bet I can type "redneck" with all its negative connotations with no problem, but not the "n" word.
You folks hate on white southerners and look down on them, maybe that's why they are rude to you. | |
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Posted: 1/5/2007 1:00:36 PM | Well this has been an interesting thread to read over as I am planning a trip in March down to the deep south.
From the many friends that I have met within the pond who are truly "southerners" , I can only say that my experiences with them over the last year has been AMAZING! They have opened their hearts, minds, phone lines, and homes to me countless times if I ever chose to visit them and I am thankful that I will now get to go see the South firsthand for myself.
It seems like people around me would never offer the hospitality that I have been offered by my southern friends, and now more than ever after I have read some of these negative posts I want to see for myself what is true or not.
Is "southern charm" real or just an old myth that seems to span into new generations???
Soon I shall know myself! | |
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Posted: 1/5/2007 3:18:40 PM |
Soon I shall know myself
Right you are Wicked. There is absolutely NO doubt in my mind that you will NOT be disapointed. I can say this with confidence because, the state you are headed to is, without a doubt, one of my favorites. I spent a few years, not far from your destination. I hope that you are able to get out and meet lots of my fellow southerners, so you can have a broad experiance of the people here, and go back to Canada with a big ole smile on your face. With your type of attitude, I expect, you will be welcomed with open arms. I can't say that about some of the other posters on here. As I've said before;"In the south, you get what you give."
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Posted: 1/5/2007 11:59:53 PM | Chix here seem interested in dating tattooed/pierced unemployed rednex with Harleys. Somebody prove me wrong.
I happen to like Harley guys...and the ones I've known know not to say chix.
vrooooooom vrooooooooooom | |
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Posted: 1/6/2007 9:02:13 AM | | You forgot to add rapier wit. Southern ladies can cut you to ribbons before you take a breath, and be gone with style and grace before you can say.... but but | |
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Posted: 1/6/2007 9:11:30 AM | | Besides the women that can cut you to ribbons ..... What are some of the positive things that one coming from Canada will find in the Southern States........???? | |
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Posted: 1/6/2007 9:37:08 AM | Some of the positive things? Me!!!!!!!!
Ok, ok, The scenery, the critters, real BBQ.
Old colonial homes, bass fishing, sunsets over the lake, the Gulf of Mexico, Magnolial trees,
pecan pie, camp stew, laghing children in the parks, no snow shovels, or salt on the road. outdoor concerts, brown bag lunches at the park, and me.
Wicked, once you arrive, I am sure the south will only be better for us here.
I almost forgot somethig very important. Thank you edit option.
It is almost Wabbit season!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | |
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