I knew a Texan once. Very nice person and we really got along. She didn't criticise me for my views and I didn't criticise her for hers. I think having respect enough to not criticise someone you like is more important than making a scene about some view you have. People are more important.
I'm a misplaced, naturalized Texan; misplaced because I'm living in Las Vegas, NV and a naturalized Texan because I was born in Ft. Benning, GA. One thing about people in Texas and in the South is manners an etiquette is very important. Little things like saying Sir or Ma'am as well as saying please and thank you go a long way. I'm proud of my heritage. I think the people who the negative stereotypes are becoming less and less common and a lot of the time their just trashy and can't really help it. Bless their hearts!
I've lived in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida and North Carolina so I definitely identify as a either a Texan and or a Southerner. I certainly don't identify as a mid westerner because I always think of the town in the movie Footloose.
The politeness and etiquette thing is where we immediately saw eye to eye. It was clearly important to her and it's important to me personally and (supposedly) important to me because of my nationality.
We were really different in terms of political and religious belief and we both instinctively knew that there was no good reason to discuss it (it's not like we'd change each other's mind) so we stuck what we had in common.
After that experience, I started to notice the same attributes in other Texans where previously I hadn't seen it. It's my firm belief that if you spend time with anyone different than you, you will come to understand them and that "different" rarely ever means threatening.
I was stationed in Ft. Bragg NC. & Fayetteville NC. (The surrounding town) will give any1 a bad taste for the state but I don't talk bad about it I only criticize them for not being original on their state flag all they did was turn the Texas flag upsidedown (red on top white on bottom shrunk the star & added NC to the blue area) if unfamiliar google both flags sometime
Yes. Although, it can be hard to get along with someone if you differ on views over very important things and I guess arguments are bound to arise. Depends!
Just how off the mark is my view of the state of Texas?
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I'm a misplaced, naturalized Texan; misplaced because I'm living in Las Vegas, NV and a naturalized Texan because I was born in Ft. Benning, GA. One thing about people in Texas and in the South is manners an etiquette is very important. Little things like saying Sir or Ma'am as well as saying please and thank you go a long way. I'm proud of my heritage. I think the people who the negative stereotypes are becoming less and less common and a lot of the time their just trashy and can't really help it. Bless their hearts!
I've lived in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida and North Carolina so I definitely identify as a either a Texan and or a Southerner. I certainly don't identify as a mid westerner because I always think of the town in the movie Footloose.
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The politeness and etiquette thing is where we immediately saw eye to eye. It was clearly important to her and it's important to me personally and (supposedly) important to me because of my nationality.
We were really different in terms of political and religious belief and we both instinctively knew that there was no good reason to discuss it (it's not like we'd change each other's mind) so we stuck what we had in common.
After that experience, I started to notice the same attributes in other Texans where previously I hadn't seen it. It's my firm belief that if you spend time with anyone different than you, you will come to understand them and that "different" rarely ever means threatening.
I was stationed in Ft. Bragg NC. & Fayetteville NC. (The surrounding town) will give any1 a bad taste for the state but I don't talk bad about it I only criticize them for not being original on their state flag all they did was turn the Texas flag upsidedown (red on top white on bottom shrunk the star & added NC to the blue area) if unfamiliar google both flags sometime
That's interesting, thanks.
Yes. Although, it can be hard to get along with someone if you differ on views over very important things and I guess arguments are bound to arise. Depends!