How southern is the Richmond area?

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Anonymous wrote:Culturally pretty southern. My BFF and my nextdoor neighbor are both from Richmond. They both wear pearls, pastels / Lily Pulitzer, Jack Rogers or Tory Burch sandals, and generally exude a Southern sorority girl vibe. My neighbor dresses her kids in smocked, embroidered outfits for every holiday and has oil paintings of her kids - very similar to our family friends in North Carolina. They are ALL about things like baby showers, meal trains, and all the traditional homemaker / Pinterest things I associate with southern women, Mormons, and stay at home moms.

It sounds as though when you see "southern," you only hear "white southern."

I'm not saying you're the only one on this thread who does that, but it's pretty telling.

Southern doesn’t equal Mormon, at all.

Does your BFF know you think these things? Oh no, meal trains when someone is sick or dies?! Baby showers! How nasty?!

DP here. Actually Mormon wives and white Southern wives have a lot in common. Big emphasis on homemaking and being SAHM’s, having at least 3 kids, dressing them in matching or cutesy clothes, and in general just having their entire identify being motherhood and their children.

That does not describe the average Richmond mother, at all. GMAFB.

-Born and raised in Richmond

Well I was born and raised in Richmond too and that describes every wife/mother I know who still lives here. Sure a couple of them teach preschool 3 mornings a week or sell some sort of MLM, but the rest is absolutely accurate. Also post endless on social media about motherhood. 3 kids minimum.

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Anonymous wrote:Ten bucks people are moving to escape the results of their own votes.

Democrats voted to decriminalize crime and defund the police.

Now they act surprised when they themselves become crime victims, there are criminals in their neighborhoods, and there are fewer police to answer their 911 calls.

Elections have consequences.

+1

I don’t ever remember DC being as bad as it’s been since the 90s.

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Anonymous wrote:Culturally pretty southern. My BFF and my nextdoor neighbor are both from Richmond. They both wear pearls, pastels / Lily Pulitzer, Jack Rogers or Tory Burch sandals, and generally exude a Southern sorority girl vibe. My neighbor dresses her kids in smocked, embroidered outfits for every holiday and has oil paintings of her kids - very similar to our family friends in North Carolina. They are ALL about things like baby showers, meal trains, and all the traditional homemaker / Pinterest things I associate with southern women, Mormons, and stay at home moms.

It sounds as though when you see "southern," you only hear "white southern."

I'm not saying you're the only one on this thread who does that, but it's pretty telling.

Southern doesn’t equal Mormon, at all.

Does your BFF know you think these things? Oh no, meal trains when someone is sick or dies?! Baby showers! How nasty?!

DP here. Actually Mormon wives and white Southern wives have a lot in common. Big emphasis on homemaking and being SAHM’s, having at least 3 kids, dressing them in matching or cutesy clothes, and in general just having their entire identify being motherhood and their children.

That does not describe the average Richmond mother, at all. GMAFB.

-Born and raised in Richmond

Well I was born and raised in Richmond too and that describes every wife/mother I know who still lives here. Sure a couple of them teach preschool 3 mornings a week or sell some sort of MLM, but the rest is absolutely accurate. Also post endless on social media about motherhood. 3 kids minimum.

Sure. Every woman you know who still lives there is a SAHM? All of them?

Not the ones I know, or my siblings or my mother or my grandmother. So I guess we cancel each other out. I call troll.

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Anonymous wrote:Culturally pretty southern. My BFF and my nextdoor neighbor are both from Richmond. They both wear pearls, pastels / Lily Pulitzer, Jack Rogers or Tory Burch sandals, and generally exude a Southern sorority girl vibe. My neighbor dresses her kids in smocked, embroidered outfits for every holiday and has oil paintings of her kids - very similar to our family friends in North Carolina. They are ALL about things like baby showers, meal trains, and all the traditional homemaker / Pinterest things I associate with southern women, Mormons, and stay at home moms.

It sounds as though when you see "southern," you only hear "white southern."

I'm not saying you're the only one on this thread who does that, but it's pretty telling.

Southern doesn’t equal Mormon, at all.

Does your BFF know you think these things? Oh no, meal trains when someone is sick or dies?! Baby showers! How nasty?!

DP here. Actually Mormon wives and white Southern wives have a lot in common. Big emphasis on homemaking and being SAHM’s, having at least 3 kids, dressing them in matching or cutesy clothes, and in general just having their entire identify being motherhood and their children.

That does not describe the average Richmond mother, at all. GMAFB.

-Born and raised in Richmond

Well I was born and raised in Richmond too and that describes every wife/mother I know who still lives here. Sure a couple of them teach preschool 3 mornings a week or sell some sort of MLM, but the rest is absolutely accurate. Also post endless on social media about motherhood. 3 kids minimum.

Sure. Every woman you know who still lives there is a SAHM? All of them?

Not the ones I know, or my siblings or my mother or my grandmother. So I guess we cancel each other out. I call troll.

I'm not a troll. Maybe your family isn't very well off? UMC married women in Richmond either don't work or have hobby jobs or work very part time. Especially the ones who come from families who have been there a very long time.

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Anonymous wrote:Culturally pretty southern. My BFF and my nextdoor neighbor are both from Richmond. They both wear pearls, pastels / Lily Pulitzer, Jack Rogers or Tory Burch sandals, and generally exude a Southern sorority girl vibe. My neighbor dresses her kids in smocked, embroidered outfits for every holiday and has oil paintings of her kids - very similar to our family friends in North Carolina. They are ALL about things like baby showers, meal trains, and all the traditional homemaker / Pinterest things I associate with southern women, Mormons, and stay at home moms.

It sounds as though when you see "southern," you only hear "white southern."

I'm not saying you're the only one on this thread who does that, but it's pretty telling.

Southern doesn’t equal Mormon, at all.

Does your BFF know you think these things? Oh no, meal trains when someone is sick or dies?! Baby showers! How nasty?!

DP here. Actually Mormon wives and white Southern wives have a lot in common. Big emphasis on homemaking and being SAHM’s, having at least 3 kids, dressing them in matching or cutesy clothes, and in general just having their entire identify being motherhood and their children.

That does not describe the average Richmond mother, at all. GMAFB.

-Born and raised in Richmond

Well I was born and raised in Richmond too and that describes every wife/mother I know who still lives here. Sure a couple of them teach preschool 3 mornings a week or sell some sort of MLM, but the rest is absolutely accurate. Also post endless on social media about motherhood. 3 kids minimum.

Sure. Every woman you know who still lives there is a SAHM? All of them?

Not the ones I know, or my siblings or my mother or my grandmother. So I guess we cancel each other out. I call troll.

I'm not a troll. Maybe your family isn't very well off? UMC married women in Richmond either don't work or have hobby jobs or work very part time. Especially the ones who come from families who have been there a very long time.

You're definitely a troll.

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Anonymous wrote:Culturally pretty southern. My BFF and my nextdoor neighbor are both from Richmond. They both wear pearls, pastels / Lily Pulitzer, Jack Rogers or Tory Burch sandals, and generally exude a Southern sorority girl vibe. My neighbor dresses her kids in smocked, embroidered outfits for every holiday and has oil paintings of her kids - very similar to our family friends in North Carolina. They are ALL about things like baby showers, meal trains, and all the traditional homemaker / Pinterest things I associate with southern women, Mormons, and stay at home moms.

It sounds as though when you see "southern," you only hear "white southern."

I'm not saying you're the only one on this thread who does that, but it's pretty telling.

Southern doesn’t equal Mormon, at all.

Does your BFF know you think these things? Oh no, meal trains when someone is sick or dies?! Baby showers! How nasty?!

DP here. Actually Mormon wives and white Southern wives have a lot in common. Big emphasis on homemaking and being SAHM’s, having at least 3 kids, dressing them in matching or cutesy clothes, and in general just having their entire identify being motherhood and their children.

That does not describe the average Richmond mother, at all. GMAFB.

-Born and raised in Richmond

Well I was born and raised in Richmond too and that describes every wife/mother I know who still lives here. Sure a couple of them teach preschool 3 mornings a week or sell some sort of MLM, but the rest is absolutely accurate. Also post endless on social media about motherhood. 3 kids minimum.

Sure. Every woman you know who still lives there is a SAHM? All of them?

Not the ones I know, or my siblings or my mother or my grandmother. So I guess we cancel each other out. I call troll.

I'm not a troll. Maybe your family isn't very well off? UMC married women in Richmond either don't work or have hobby jobs or work very part time. Especially the ones who come from families who have been there a very long time.

DP. I concur, this lifestyle very much describes my wealthy Richmond SIL and her friends. I wouldn’t say that they’re the “average” Richmond woman by any means, though.

[Anonymous]

Can the mommy war posters start their own thread? It's 2023, if a woman wants to be a SAHM or work out of the home, good for them either way.

Being laser focused on the three people you know who are from or live in Richmond and are SAHM who must be bad people has zero to do with this thread. Thanks.

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Anonymous wrote:Culturally pretty southern. My BFF and my nextdoor neighbor are both from Richmond. They both wear pearls, pastels / Lily Pulitzer, Jack Rogers or Tory Burch sandals, and generally exude a Southern sorority girl vibe. My neighbor dresses her kids in smocked, embroidered outfits for every holiday and has oil paintings of her kids - very similar to our family friends in North Carolina. They are ALL about things like baby showers, meal trains, and all the traditional homemaker / Pinterest things I associate with southern women, Mormons, and stay at home moms.

It sounds as though when you see "southern," you only hear "white southern."

I'm not saying you're the only one on this thread who does that, but it's pretty telling.

Southern doesn’t equal Mormon, at all.

Does your BFF know you think these things? Oh no, meal trains when someone is sick or dies?! Baby showers! How nasty?!

DP here. Actually Mormon wives and white Southern wives have a lot in common. Big emphasis on homemaking and being SAHM’s, having at least 3 kids, dressing them in matching or cutesy clothes, and in general just having their entire identify being motherhood and their children.

That does not describe the average Richmond mother, at all. GMAFB.

-Born and raised in Richmond

Well I was born and raised in Richmond too and that describes every wife/mother I know who still lives here. Sure a couple of them teach preschool 3 mornings a week or sell some sort of MLM, but the rest is absolutely accurate. Also post endless on social media about motherhood. 3 kids minimum.

Sure. Every woman you know who still lives there is a SAHM? All of them?

Not the ones I know, or my siblings or my mother or my grandmother. So I guess we cancel each other out. I call troll.

I'm not a troll. Maybe your family isn't very well off? UMC married women in Richmond either don't work or have hobby jobs or work very part time. Especially the ones who come from families who have been there a very long time.

You're definitely a troll.

Nope. But you are definitely not from Richmond.

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Anonymous wrote:Chesterfield, especially near Midlothian and Woodlake, are pretty liberal these days. As is Glen Allen and Short pump. I’d avoid mechanicsville, though.

Mechansville is only 13 minutes from Richmond! What’s so bad about it? Also how is Ashland/Hanover County?

I have family members who have lived in Ashland for many years. They are self-described hippies, liberal democrats, and very progressive and many of their neighbors are like-minded. They love it there and describe it as an oasis within the county as a whole.

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Anonymous wrote:Culturally pretty southern. My BFF and my nextdoor neighbor are both from Richmond. They both wear pearls, pastels / Lily Pulitzer, Jack Rogers or Tory Burch sandals, and generally exude a Southern sorority girl vibe. My neighbor dresses her kids in smocked, embroidered outfits for every holiday and has oil paintings of her kids - very similar to our family friends in North Carolina. They are ALL about things like baby showers, meal trains, and all the traditional homemaker / Pinterest things I associate with southern women, Mormons, and stay at home moms.

It sounds as though when you see "southern," you only hear "white southern."

I'm not saying you're the only one on this thread who does that, but it's pretty telling.

Southern doesn’t equal Mormon, at all.

Does your BFF know you think these things? Oh no, meal trains when someone is sick or dies?! Baby showers! How nasty?!

DP here. Actually Mormon wives and white Southern wives have a lot in common. Big emphasis on homemaking and being SAHM’s, having at least 3 kids, dressing them in matching or cutesy clothes, and in general just having their entire identify being motherhood and their children.

That does not describe the average Richmond mother, at all. GMAFB.

-Born and raised in Richmond

Well I was born and raised in Richmond too and that describes every wife/mother I know who still lives here. Sure a couple of them teach preschool 3 mornings a week or sell some sort of MLM, but the rest is absolutely accurate. Also post endless on social media about motherhood. 3 kids minimum.

Sure. Every woman you know who still lives there is a SAHM? All of them?

Not the ones I know, or my siblings or my mother or my grandmother. So I guess we cancel each other out. I call troll.

I'm not a troll. Maybe your family isn't very well off? UMC married women in Richmond either don't work or have hobby jobs or work very part time. Especially the ones who come from families who have been there a very long time.

You're definitely a troll.

Nope. But you are definitely not from Richmond.

13 yr senior of St C but ok.

[Anonymous]

I live in the City of Richmond. There are very few SAHPs. The city is very liberal. My neighboring homes are a mix of SFH and multi unit. Neighbors are a mix of families, older couples been here forever, young couples, single people, group houses, gay couples.

Most people around me go to the local public elementary. Middle school many switch to private. HS is a mix of magnets, gov school and private.

Have not lived here long and am not from here, but spouse is.

People seem to love out to the counties for school. Henrico is most popular, followed by Chesterfield.

I really don’t hear of people moving out to Hanover County. Much less diverse and few well regarded schools. Or so I am told!

Born in DC. Lived in DC, Nova and close in MoCo.
Just my observations.

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Pp here love=move

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Anonymous wrote:Culturally pretty southern. My BFF and my nextdoor neighbor are both from Richmond. They both wear pearls, pastels / Lily Pulitzer, Jack Rogers or Tory Burch sandals, and generally exude a Southern sorority girl vibe. My neighbor dresses her kids in smocked, embroidered outfits for every holiday and has oil paintings of her kids - very similar to our family friends in North Carolina. They are ALL about things like baby showers, meal trains, and all the traditional homemaker / Pinterest things I associate with southern women, Mormons, and stay at home moms.

It sounds as though when you see "southern," you only hear "white southern."

I'm not saying you're the only one on this thread who does that, but it's pretty telling.

Southern doesn’t equal Mormon, at all.

Does your BFF know you think these things? Oh no, meal trains when someone is sick or dies?! Baby showers! How nasty?!

DP here. Actually Mormon wives and white Southern wives have a lot in common. Big emphasis on homemaking and being SAHM’s, having at least 3 kids, dressing them in matching or cutesy clothes, and in general just having their entire identify being motherhood and their children.

That does not describe the average Richmond mother, at all. GMAFB.

-Born and raised in Richmond

Well I was born and raised in Richmond too and that describes every wife/mother I know who still lives here. Sure a couple of them teach preschool 3 mornings a week or sell some sort of MLM, but the rest is absolutely accurate. Also post endless on social media about motherhood. 3 kids minimum.

Sure. Every woman you know who still lives there is a SAHM? All of them?

Not the ones I know, or my siblings or my mother or my grandmother. So I guess we cancel each other out. I call troll.

I'm not a troll. Maybe your family isn't very well off? UMC married women in Richmond either don't work or have hobby jobs or work very part time. Especially the ones who come from families who have been there a very long time.

You're definitely a troll.

Nope. But you are definitely not from Richmond.

13 yr senior of St C but ok.

None of my college friends or acquaintances from St. C have real jobs. Not one. Some have hobby jobs.

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Anonymous wrote:Culturally pretty southern. My BFF and my nextdoor neighbor are both from Richmond. They both wear pearls, pastels / Lily Pulitzer, Jack Rogers or Tory Burch sandals, and generally exude a Southern sorority girl vibe. My neighbor dresses her kids in smocked, embroidered outfits for every holiday and has oil paintings of her kids - very similar to our family friends in North Carolina. They are ALL about things like baby showers, meal trains, and all the traditional homemaker / Pinterest things I associate with southern women, Mormons, and stay at home moms.

It sounds as though when you see "southern," you only hear "white southern."

I'm not saying you're the only one on this thread who does that, but it's pretty telling.

Southern doesn’t equal Mormon, at all.

Does your BFF know you think these things? Oh no, meal trains when someone is sick or dies?! Baby showers! How nasty?!

This will change when NOVAite bring their high salaries and two salaries will be required to buy/maintain a nice home.

DP here. Actually Mormon wives and white Southern wives have a lot in common. Big emphasis on homemaking and being SAHM’s, having at least 3 kids, dressing them in matching or cutesy clothes, and in general just having their entire identify being motherhood and their children.

That does not describe the average Richmond mother, at all. GMAFB.

-Born and raised in Richmond

Well I was born and raised in Richmond too and that describes every wife/mother I know who still lives here. Sure a couple of them teach preschool 3 mornings a week or sell some sort of MLM, but the rest is absolutely accurate. Also post endless on social media about motherhood. 3 kids minimum.

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Anonymous wrote:Culturally pretty southern. My BFF and my nextdoor neighbor are both from Richmond. They both wear pearls, pastels / Lily Pulitzer, Jack Rogers or Tory Burch sandals, and generally exude a Southern sorority girl vibe. My neighbor dresses her kids in smocked, embroidered outfits for every holiday and has oil paintings of her kids - very similar to our family friends in North Carolina. They are ALL about things like baby showers, meal trains, and all the traditional homemaker / Pinterest things I associate with southern women, Mormons, and stay at home moms.

It sounds as though when you see "southern," you only hear "white southern."

I'm not saying you're the only one on this thread who does that, but it's pretty telling.

Southern doesn’t equal Mormon, at all.

Does your BFF know you think these things? Oh no, meal trains when someone is sick or dies?! Baby showers! How nasty?!

DP here. Actually Mormon wives and white Southern wives have a lot in common. Big emphasis on homemaking and being SAHM’s, having at least 3 kids, dressing them in matching or cutesy clothes, and in general just having their entire identify being motherhood and their children.

That does not describe the average Richmond mother, at all. GMAFB.

-Born and raised in Richmond

Well I was born and raised in Richmond too and that describes every wife/mother I know who still lives here. Sure a couple of them teach preschool 3 mornings a week or sell some sort of MLM, but the rest is absolutely accurate. Also post endless on social media about motherhood. 3 kids minimum.

This will change when NOVAite bring their high salaries and two salaries will be required to buy/maintain a nice home.