Are You A Rebel Or A Yankee?

[whiteyfunn]

Yeah, my husband never goes barefoot; he puts on his shoes as soon as he gets out of bed, regardless of the season - he's a true Yankee. I despise wearing shoes, and only wear them in the house if we have guests, so I totally can't relate to socks with sandals. When my daughter was at MIT, she wore flip-flops even in below-zero weather; YAY, I RAISED HER AS A TRUE SOUTHERN GIRL!

Cue the circus music.

 

[Beach Runner]

Cue the circus music.

Do what? It's Florida, not FSU.

 

[katie blue]

55% (Dixie). That's just about right, too!

 

[lindatat]

41% Yankee (just barely.) Guess that year I lived in Dallas affected me more than I ever knew.

 

[Miss Kitty]

41% Yankee (just barely.) Guess that year I lived in Dallas affected me more than I ever knew.

Ha! Dallas will do that to ya'!!! Sorry I missed you that year!

LOVE your avatar!

 

[Jdarg]

barely Yankee (49%), tho I was born in Vermont. Guess that all those years in Birmingham helped convert me. (Tho I must be one of the few here who grew up knowing about "cabbage night"--a real Vermont expression --my sister's birthday is on "cabbage night" and it was horrible for her growing up) My husband (39%--a "real Yankee" ) grew up in Boston, but he learned a few things in Bham. Funny thing is my colleagues at my college think of me as "very southern". I take that as a matter of pride.

What is cabbage night???

 

[RiverOtter]

Yeah, my husband never goes barefoot; he puts on his shoes as soon as he gets out of bed, regardless of the season - he's a true Yankee. I despise wearing shoes, and only wear them in the house if we have guests, so I totally can't relate to socks with sandals. When my daughter was at MIT, she wore flip-flops even in below-zero weather; YAY, I RAISED HER AS A TRUE SOUTHERN GIRL!

GB is a Georgia girl. My dad used to laugh at her all the time for NOT wearing shoes. Said something about GA girls never could keep their shoes on.

 

[Paula]

Yeah, my husband never goes barefoot; he puts on his shoes as soon as he gets out of bed, regardless of the season - he's a true Yankee. I despise wearing shoes, and only wear them in the house if we have guests, so I totally can't relate to socks with sandals. When my daughter was at MIT, she wore flip-flops even in below-zero weather; YAY, I RAISED HER AS A TRUE SOUTHERN GIRL!

Our daughters probably are southerners, then. We live in Michigan and they're still wearing their flip flops on some days...

 

[Rudyjohn]

Yeah, my husband never goes barefoot; he puts on his shoes as soon as he gets out of bed, regardless of the season - he's a true Yankee. I despise wearing shoes, and only wear them in the house if we have guests, so I totally can't relate to socks with sandals. When my daughter was at MIT, she wore flip-flops even in below-zero weather; YAY, I RAISED HER AS A TRUE SOUTHERN GIRL!

You are so right about the barefoot/filp flop thing. I never wear shoes in the house either. I don't even like to wear socks - - I have to have totally "bare" feet. My husband (Yankee) ALWAYS has socks on, even in th summer. So weird to me. And I, too, push the sandles thing in my attire for as long as possible. When it's snowing out, then I change to closed toed shoes! My co-workers laugh at me!

 

[newyorker]

What is cabbage night???

The night before Halloween--people raid gardens (cabbage grows well in Vermont)--and throw cabbage, pumpkins and other garden refuse at passing cars and homes. [not a lot to do in Vermont, obviously!]