| Sep 3, 2007 @ 4:46 PM |
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Blondino
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Southern men .. so I have heard ..... are more relaxed , very centered around big families and lots of food... social and friendly and kind.
Well Southern men kind of fascinate me ... I don’t agree with everyone from there but the calm sweetness of a no-frills good ol’ time certainly is not one of them.
Men in the south.. a lot of them anyway, are smooth Southern gentlemen, chivalrous to a fault, because it almost seems insincere. They’re friendly and chatty and it can make a grown woman crazy trying to figure out if they’re flirting with you or if they were just raised right by a Strict Southern Momma who taught them that a Lady comes to expect certain things and a Gentleman should always oblige so to not hurt her delicate sensibilities.
At times, I feel like the Southern Gentleman is an endangered species, a creature to be protected and cultivated for the future.
He is friendly. He always shakes your hand and smiles when he meets you and he makes a point to repeat your name back and be formally introduced at all parties in a group. He teases in a good-natured way, always opens doors and pulls out chairs. He includes people in conversation and is a fan of casually touching you when he talks. On the shoulder. On the knee.
They have a sweet tone to their voice, a slow drawl that makes the words sound dramatic. “Well, don’t you look nice tonight,” sounds ever more so sincere from a Southern Gentleman with a thick accent and a big smile.
These guys are genuinely nice and they will compliment every woman around them because it is the polite thing to do. They will never let you stand, always give up their seat. Smile and wink at women and give a good hearty handshake to their male brethren in passing.
Some people may think these guys are cheesy. Or that they’re just playing to get a woman’s attention. And that may be true at times. And these guys do have Alpha Male moments and they do like to be manly at sometimes they’ll leave you and the girls to talk shoes (thankfully!) and make silly chauvinistic comments because they can get away with saying just about anything in that sweet tone of theirs.
But the manliest of the Southern Gentlemen do fall when they’re smitten with a woman. I have seen them walk a straight line behind a petite blonde with sparkling eyes and shiny hair as she squeaks out her drink order or throws her own soft Southern drawl right back at them to soothe them into doing her bidding.
.... I like boys who open doors (as long as they’re doing it to be polite)
[Edited on 9/3/2007 5:00 PM]
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| Sep 3, 2007 @ 4:51 PM |
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Gallows_Humor
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[Edited on 9/3/2007 5:01 PM]
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| Sep 3, 2007 @ 4:53 PM |
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Blondino
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How so Oh Wise one ???
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| Sep 3, 2007 @ 4:54 PM |
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katydid438
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Explain Gallows????just a nothern gal
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| Sep 3, 2007 @ 4:54 PM |
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UMadeMeThisWay
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[Edited on 9/3/2007 5:04 PM]
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| Sep 3, 2007 @ 4:56 PM |
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lobo65
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I'm a Southern man, and do all those things. Thanks for promoting us. 
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| Sep 3, 2007 @ 4:57 PM |
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Blondino
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Like to hear some ladies view on ye 'all Lobo 
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| Sep 3, 2007 @ 4:57 PM |
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Gallows_Humor
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you've got mail... 
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| Sep 3, 2007 @ 5:01 PM |
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Blondino
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OK got the point Gallows and removed the offending object before I got hate mail 
Eh you been winking at me Gallow  
you old devil you 
[Edited on 9/3/2007 5:09 PM]
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| Sep 3, 2007 @ 5:02 PM |
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Gallows_Humor
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my mouse did it....
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| Sep 3, 2007 @ 5:06 PM |
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MusicallyGiftedOne
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i was born & raised in the South, so i can definitely concur with Blondino. Of course, there are some exceptions, but for the most part she is very correct! 
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| Sep 3, 2007 @ 8:19 PM |
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candylily
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I definitely have a weakness for Southern men and their accents.
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| Sep 3, 2007 @ 8:21 PM |
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katydid438
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YIKES! 
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| Sep 4, 2007 @ 12:05 AM |
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Mysterious_URS
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Was married to a Southener.....Louisiana bout as South as y'll can get...
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| Sep 4, 2007 @ 12:44 AM |
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READmyPROFILE
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Born and raised in the south and proud of it! But I had to get rid of the accent so people would actually listen to me instead of stare. Women with big boobs know what I'm talking about. But I am not saying you women should get rid of the boobs at all.
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| Sep 4, 2007 @ 12:52 AM |
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dt3d2001
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Southern men .. so I have heard ..... are more relaxed , very centered around big families and lots of food... social and friendly and kind.
Yea,,, ^^^^ ,,, what she said!! 
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| Sep 4, 2007 @ 6:44 AM |
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Blondino
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OMG I want one for myself now 
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| Sep 4, 2007 @ 7:39 AM |
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sthnhylander
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how could you be called a southern when in the northern hemisphere..  ..That's double dutch (so to speak).....in it's purest form..  ..You are all northern....a TRUE southern gent could only be from the southern hemisphere....like South America, New Zealand, South Africa or this Great Southern Land...downunder... sorry.. ..so on behalf of all TRUE southern gents.....I am proud to receive the compliment........  .. 
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| Sep 4, 2007 @ 8:11 AM |
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Angel178
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| Sep 4, 2007 @ 9:14 AM |
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Blondino
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he he ok any southern gent anywhere ... I salute you
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