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Arkansas Granny

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4. Why do I hear Bobbie Gentry singing

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Dec 8, 2017, 04:22 PM

Dec 2017

"Just be nice to the gentlemen, Fancy, and they'll be nice to you."?

I grew up in the 50's and 60's. I wasn't in Alabama, but a 30 year old man dating teenaged girls was not the norm and would have been frowned upon, even if he had asked the mother's permission first. I find it hard to imagine that it was considered OK in Alabama in the 70's.

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Roy Moore voter tells Vice how parents used to be thrilled if a DA hit on their 14-year-old [View all] kpete Dec 2017 OP

Why does one lie discredit ONLY OUR SIDE? n/t rainin Dec 2017 #1

........ LongTomH Dec 2017 #2

It's still a different Planet in Alabama IMO. NoMoreRepugs Dec 2017 #3

Why do I hear Bobbie Gentry singing Arkansas Granny Dec 2017 #4

More likely they would be breaking out the shotgun. delisen Dec 2017 #5

Ripstory is stealing content from VICE now...nice snooper2 Dec 2017 #6

Cultural clashes that need to be exposed, because, damn. People who believe in this Baitball Blogger Dec 2017 #7

This is precisely why I utterly despise the morals and values crowd. Initech Dec 2017 #11

+1000 Baitball Blogger Dec 2017 #12

If I was the father of a 14 year old girl and some creepy older guy kept hitting on her... Initech Dec 2017 #8

this is the craziest shit i've ever heard. i was around in the 70's and lived in the south spanone Dec 2017 #9

BS people tell themselves. Solly Mack Dec 2017 #10