any ladies from the south?
 

Any ladies from the south have any tips for a guy from the north trying to find a bride in La? Are there things down here that are really important to wemen when looking for a mate?

When a Southern woman says "bless your heart," what she really means is "kiss my ass".

As a southern guy I would suggest being a gentleman...I don't think it matters where you are from. I would expect all women would appreciate it. Other than that be yourself, hopefully the two aren't mutually exclusive....

Use the words "sir" and "ma'am" with absolutely everyone over the age of 15.

Open car and building doors for them. It's something of a lost art in the Northeast, I've discovered. When I do so - and it's purely a reflex action for me, having spent 31 years in the South - women are delighted.

heh...the "kiss my ass" thing is true enough.

i'm a southern girl, born and bred. be literary and gentlemanly. don't be a jackass, basically...call her parents mr. and mrs. lastname--don't forget the sir and ma'am, either, or it might be them who stand in your way and not necessarily your girl-to-be. parent permission is a big deal with marriage down here...at least for my family. don't interupt conversations--that's a thing i notice more from northern people than from southerners...

give her little presents--not even things you have to spend money on...like a note on her windshield, or a magnolia bloom on her doorstep. southern girls melt for that shit.

Actually, she raises a good point here... Southern girls tend to be more feminine. They like to "melt" for a good masculine guy... Think Rhet Butler. (Yes, overgeralization but you know what I mean).

I guess I'm showing some of my cards here...

what do georgia girls put behind their ears to attract boys?


their ankles.



seriously, i grew up in michigan & spent 6 years in s.c.

what worked for me was just slowing the fuck down. one of the things that irritates southerners most about yankees is our restless, jumpy nature. try not to get impatient with them, slow down your speech cadences a bit - but i advise against trying to pull off the "y'all" thing for a while. a fake, yankee y'all is a deal breaker in the mating dance down there!