FYI, I don't think any FSU woman will EVER understand just how important the Auburn-Alabama game is! 
Unless you're from around here, most people don't. (I'm an Auburn Univ grad, BTW.) Tailgating during football season is something everyone should experience... we know how to do it right. =)
It's all that great BBQ :-)))
LOL! Well, that's one explaination. [*hums Queen's "Fat bottomed girls" tune*] =)
Not to step into a wrong headed discussion but that has more to due with racial demographics than Alabaman lifestyles. Alabama is a nice place, especially if you like warm weather. The girls looked like they took care of them selves as much as anywhere else...
A lot of the people I met there were very friendly, just wait till your wife gets a load of the gentlemenly conduct there! I imagine it would be shock for a RW to experience the southern "ma'am" attitude. Hell my ex from Los Angeles was quite shocked enough...
Alabama is a nice place to live,
if small town living is your cup of tea. It's not for everyone, but most parents say it's a good place to raise kids. Teenagers will complain, "There's nothing to do here!" ...but then again, that could be part of the appeal for parents. =)
One thing I've noticed between "big city living" and my "willage" is that you're forced to manage your relationships (in the platonic sense) much more carefully--which often makes me wonder if Southern hospitality is the cause or the effect. Anyway, there aren't that many people around, and you have to see them
ALL the time. If burn too many bridges, you might find yourself--quite literally--alone.
My mother remarried in my early teens. For a year or so, I had to live with her in Atlanta until my father obtained custody of my brother and I (long story). During my stay there, I'm ashamed to say, I fell into the trap of "discarding people" and "throw away relationships." There were so many people (and I was a know-it-all teenager at the time), whenever I hit a snag in a relationship or when someone pissed me off, it was too easy to get the attitude of "to h*** with you," and essentially, replace that person with someone else... because, well, there was no shortage of "replacements."
As I type this, it makes me sad to remember some of the horrible ways I treated others. Obviously, it isn't always like this. I'm sure there are other areas and other attitudes that do not foster this type of behavior. This is just my one experience and personal musings... I'm just thankful that later on, I learned that treating others that way is wrong and a poor way to live your life.
