"A Northerner's Thoughts On The South"

View from a rear view mirror
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Just recently Total Sorority Move posted an article titled, "A Northerner's Thoughts On The South"
It's hilariously accurate in describing people all over the Southern states, and says everything I've undoubtedly experienced during my time down here in a quick and entertaining manner.

The blogger, also raised in Maryland, just like myself, had just returned from spring break in Myrtle Beach, S.C. a beach that is surprisingly pretty chilly down south during the prime spring break months.  Now this girl isn't one to consider herself a northerner or a southerner, since Maryland is below the Mason-Dixon line and NO ONE in these 50 states has ever clarified which side we belong too (not saying there are sides but for lack of a better word).

To sum it up, she starts her rant on the South by saying....

1. Southerners are all freakishly nice.  This could never be a bad thing, but it's completely different up North.  At school we have a Subway, and they call all the students "baby" or "darling" something sweet and definitely Southern and I genuinely think they enjoy their jobs dealing with ungrateful college students.  Up North at a Subway, people hate their jobs, and they make it known.  You walk in and you hear "yeah yeah welcome to Subway, what do you want today?" Talk about unenthusiastic and just plain BOOOOORING.

"Fly over states" Absolutely Stunning
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2. There is no need to call me Ma'am.  I agree with this and I'm pretty sure my mother does too.  Though very respectful, we are all too young to be called Ma'am.  That's for someone who's just about done and seen everything their is to see, a seasoned veteran of this Southern world.

3. You keep up your appearance very well.  Yes, this I am learning.  I get judged when I don't dress in the morning or do my hair, but I'm in college.  I'll put all the effort in when I have a job.


4. You're kind of judgmental of people who aren't from the south.  I mean really, you call us all "Yankees" and it gives us a bad reputation down here.  Granted Northerner's can be rude and inconsiderate but hey that's not all of us.  I like to think of myself as a very genuine and respectful person, thank you very much.

5. Why say "Bless your heart" when there's another saying that's so much better at getting the point across.  Now, I disagree with this.  If you read a few posts ago where I mentioned a guide to becoming the perfect Southern Belle, you know us Belle's are not supposed to curse at all, or at least keep it to a minimum.  That is why we say "Bless your heart."  Geeze.