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There is a perfect book on this subject: What Southern Women Know (That Every Woman Should) by Ronda Rich. It is an adorable book and it really details the strategies that DZRose was talking about. It's subtitled, "Timeless Secrets to Get Everything You Want in Love, Life, and Work". The only thing is, I can't imagine a non-Southern woman ever doing ANY of that. It would just be too bizarre.
~I too was raised not to drink from a can (at least in public, I still do at home) and not to chew gum (but it's REALLY hard for me, I like gum very much).
~Juniorgrrl, it is ALL about the monogram... I have my monogram on my tote bag, my sheets, my stationary, my scarf... anything you can put a big ol' L on.
~As far as ettiquette schools, does cotillion count? Everyone goes to cotillion in the fifth grade. Oh, I HATED dancing with strange boys I didn't know!
~Y'all, I don't know about the "no pantyhose with open-toed shoes" thing... I was always raised that if you had on a suit (or wearing a dressy outfit to an occasion where someone ELSE might wear a suit) you had better not have bare legs, no matter WHAT shoes you were wearing. Obviously it would be tacky to wear summery, casual sandals with hose... but a nice pair of open-toed shoes? It's a judgement call.
~Speaking of which, another Belle-ism... Southern Belles know the appropriate uses of "tacky" and "precious".
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