Oddbean new post about login | logout @c92d4e92 I was born and raised in Mississippi, and I lived all over the south until the early 20teens. I only know Southern class distinctions, and I’m fascinated by other areas. Only if you’re comfortable, but I’d love to know - how were you two classed different? Were the lumber jobs the Good Jobs in your area, or the bad ones?
@12e2f193 My husband grew up in a wealthy, well-known family and attended a private school. As a kid, he and his siblings weren't allowed to go to the west side of the town we grew up in. I lived on the west side of that divide. I also attended the only integrated school in town. I was born to a Native American mom and a white blue-collar worker dad. We were born in different worlds in the same town.
@c92d4e92 that’s tremendously romantic 🥹 thank you!
@c92d4e92 to share a little in return: my husband and I have been together since 2000. He’s a navy brat whose family came to rest in the base near Memphis, and I’m the only child of the hippie black sheep of a fairly typical white Southern family. We both grew up as well-rooted as tumbleweeds, and when we finally escaped the South in the teens, we moved all over. Our last home was seven years near Santa Cruz. I think - I *hope* - this is our last home, on the Puget Sound.