Conduct Becoming of A Sorority Girl

[AOII Angel]

Maybe Britney Spears should have learned a little more from her southern upbringing. Crossed ankles would have benefited her a few months back!

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

Maybe Britney Spears should have learned a little more from her southern upbringing. Crossed ankles would have benefited her a few months back!

And her drinking less, doing less drugs, having more coordination, and generally all around being a smarter person would benefit the result of her uncrossed ankles.

[AOII Angel]

I guess that's what you get for being a sex symbol at 16. That seems to warp the best of them!

[minDyG]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

Maybe Britney Spears should have learned a little more from her southern upbringing. Crossed ankles would have benefited her a few months back!

Most people don't grasp the difference between a "Southern" upbringing and a "country" upbringing. Ms. Spears most certainly falls in the country category.

[SWTXBelle]

BUT - there are country people with manners. My great-grandparents were country through and through - lived on a farm, had a well, old house with a sleeping porch - but you couldn't find people with a better grasp of the true meaning of hospitality and good breeding. . They would be SHOCKED at Ms. Spears' behavior. (And yes - I knew my great-grandparents -my family lives forever. I think our family record is 107!)

[minDyG]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

BUT - there are country people with manners. My great-grandparents were country through and through - lived on a farm, had a well, old house with a sleeping porch - but you couldn't find people with a better grasp of the true meaning of hospitality and good breeding. . They would be SHOCKED at Ms. Spears' behavior. (And yes - I knew my great-grandparents -my family lives forever. I think our family record is 107!)

Hey--my great-grandmother lived to 107 as well! Weird.

And yes, country doesn't ALWAYS equal...redneck? Trailer trash? Swamp rat? My family (non-nuclear) would definitely qualify as country...as well as Southern.

[AOII Angel]

My aunt by marriage actually grew up in Britney's hometown, Kentwood, LA. It is quite country... but the source of really good spring water, incidentally. Britney does not have country and southern manners. She has manners appropriate for a poorly educated girl whose parents used her as a meal ticket from the age of 6. I don't think those manners are specific to any region...thank God!

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

My aunt by marriage actually grew up in Britney's hometown, Kentwood, LA. It is quite country... but the source of really good spring water, incidentally. Britney does not have country and southern manners. She has manners appropriate for a poorly educated girl whose parents used her as a meal ticket from the age of 6. I don't think those manners are specific to any region...thank God!

You said that in a way I could only hope to put it! Thank you for summing Britney up so well!

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

My aunt by marriage actually grew up in Britney's hometown, Kentwood, LA. It is quite country... but the source of really good spring water, incidentally. Britney does not have country and southern manners. She has manners appropriate for a poorly educated girl whose parents used her as a meal ticket from the age of 6. I don't think those manners are specific to any region...thank God!

So Britney grew up in Kentwood. Didn't she break into the business at 11 or 12 when she joined the MMC? She was barely out of high school once she blew up. She probably lacks the southern manners because she's spent more time elsewhere than all the years she lived in Kentwood.

[SWTXBelle]

I think it is a case of "Momma didn't raise her right". My grandmother grew up the daughter of a turpentiner, raised in the piney woods and married at 13. She is as elegant and refined as any "city bred" woman you can name - but her mother was very demanding in terms of behavior.
Reese Witherspoon comes to mind as one "raised right".

[elainebenice]

Originally Posted by OTW

So Britney grew up in Kentwood. Didn't she break into the business at 11 or 12 when she joined the MMC? She was barely out of high school once she blew up. She probably lacks the southern manners because she's spent more time elsewhere than all the years she lived in Kentwood.

she spent quite a bit of time there during her "high school" years. i know someone who is from mccomb, miss, which is right across the state line from kentwood and she dated one of his friends. she was there a LOT more than you would think she would have been.

[ChildoftheHorn]

Originally Posted by minDyG

Most people don't grasp the difference between a "Southern" upbringing and a "country" upbringing. Ms. Spears most certainly falls in the country category.

Don't you mean "Kontrey"....more along the line of "Trashy". She has no class as far as I am concerned, or maturity for that matter.

If some collegiate chapter tried to initiate her, I would hope that HQ would have the good sense to deny it.

She became a mother because she thought it would be a totally different thing than it actually is. Those kids are going to suffer horribly because of BOTH of their parents.

This is repeated for L. Lohan, P. Hilton, or any other person with slutty behavior and serious substance abuse with no remorse.

A true woman, not just sorority girl, knows "When to Hold 'Em, and When to Fold 'Em". She acts with common sense and passion, gives what she can of herself. She relies on others to make her a better person while showing others the same.