Oh my God I feel so at home right now. How about:
- Cousins. So many cousins. Everybody knows everybody elseâs cousins. Some people youâre not actually sure are related, maybe just old friends of the family, but theyâre all cousins.
- (This leads to some very interesting conversations when youâre not sure if someone is dating their actual-factual cousin â cause they might be! â or just someone theyâve known since they were in diapers.)
-Â âknee high to a grasshopperâ
- Everybody has at least one asshole uncle that used to make you cry for fun when you were a kid and no one takes your hatred for him seriously.
- Saying some non-swear (âdang!â âthis sucksâ etc.) and one of your older relatives responding immediately, âWatch your language!â
- Churchâs fried chicken. Like, forget KFC, if you donât have Churchâs, donât talk to me.
- Speaking of church: everybody goes, whether you want to or not. If you skip church, be prepared for at least four people to stop you in the grocery store on Monday and say, âI missed you at church this week! Is everything okay?â which is just a passive-aggressive way of saying âYou nasty backsliding sinner, you skipped church to fornicate, didnât youâ
- The people who fornicate without skipping church. Usually the pastorâs kid. In a broom closet or a Sunday school room.
- That one gas station/convenience store out in the middle of fucking nowhere that has a cafe with the best fucking food youâve ever eaten, and you have no idea how, because itâs literally just one old lady cooking in the middle of a cow pasture.
- Thinking youâre getting sweet, sweet turnip greens but it turns out to be bitter-as-fuck collard or mustard greens. Blech.
- Country Crock not-butter. And five more Country Crock margarine tubs that no longer contain margarine but any variety of leftovers or sewing supplies.
- Lay-Z-Boy recliners that will eat your hand as soon as you sit in them.
- That cold snap that always happens on Easter weekend after you went and bought a cute new springtime dress. It doesnât matter if it was 80 degrees two days before, on Easter, itâs gonna be cold as hell.
- Everyone acting like Sweet Home Alabama is the national anthem. Even if you donât live in Alabama.
- Everyone in town knows that one person is gay and totally judges them for it privately, but politely never brings it up in public because âtheyâre a good kid.â