Yourish.com » Southerners http://www.yourish.com Cutting straight to the point Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:00:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Can I call myself a Southerner yet? http://www.yourish.com/2009/07/16/8213 http://www.yourish.com/2009/07/16/8213#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:00:15 +0000 Meryl Yourish http://www.yourish.com/?p=8213 Last week marked my seventh anniversary as a resident of central Virginia. Since I’ve moved from New Jersey, I have done a number of things in Virginia that I never did in NJ. They are, in part:

  • Voted for a Republican for President (twice)
  • Voted for a Republican for Congress
  • Went to a shooting range and fired a handgun
  • Went to a shooting range and fired a rifle
  • Went to a gun show
  • Bought a handgun
  • Bought a rifle
  • Keep a loaded handgun in my home, easily accessible at all times
  • Spent Fourth of July on an Army base
  • Discovered beef barbecue
  • Went to a county Beef Festival
  • Joined a synagogue
  • Taught religious school
  • Attending synagogue regularly
  • Bought a condo
  • Changed my political leanings from liberal to centrist, with some issues on the right (and a few still left)
  • Muttered “Damn NJ driver” when a NJ driver annoyed me on the road
  • Went to two Republican political rallies
  • Say “That’s fine” instead of “Okay.”
  • Added “Yes Ma’am” to my vocabulary

So my question to my fellow Southerners is: Can I call myself a Southerner now, or am I still one of those damned Yankees who came to stay? (A Yankee comes to visit. A damned Yankee comes to Virginia and stays here.)

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