If there is one thing I have learned coming to UGA from South Georgia, is that people think you're some kind of alien.

It is one of those things that makes you tilt your head to the side and say, " I only grew up four hours away from you." Somehow not knowing where my little, hidden hometown automatically means I grew up in a corn field, spending my days feedings the hogs, hanging out of tractor, and riding down dirt roads until the sun sets.

Here are just a few of my favorite questions and assumptions:

1. People have never heard of your hometown.

"You're from where? Oh I have never heard of that." Well, of course, you haven't. There are only about 4,000 people living there. Being specifically from South Georgia I make reference living very close to Tallahassee, Florida to try and give an idea of location. They then proceed to say "Oh, so you're actually from Florida!!" *face palm*

2. They naturally assume you were raised literally in a barn.

"Do you live on a farm? Is your house one of those barn type things?" Actually, I live in a house with a front door, windows, and the only animal that lives inside is our cat. My neighbors are not some scarecrows in a field, and their names are not Bubba and June either.

3. Since you live in a barn it is only appropriate you drive some type of farm equipment around right?

"Do people drive tractors to school?" This had been one of the best questions I have been asked thus far at UGA, and while I proceed to tell them that maybe kids didn't drive them, there were definitely some at the school.

4. They think you live in a bubble.

"Have you heard of (insert popular pop culture reference)?" "Oh, I’m sure you only get like 10 channels down there." Actually, we get 11 you forgot the Farm N Ranch station.

5. Any preconceived notion of the South they’ve seen before, they hold to be true.

"Are the people of your town like Duck Dynasty or Honey Boo Boo?" Well, there is a little bit of both, to be honest. We aren't all like one or the other, but don't forget you got your Paula Deen's too

6. Assuming we all speak supppppperrrrr slooooowwww, and that we are maybe a little less educated than them.

Hmm well if that was the case I am pretty sure I wouldn’t be going to school with you. So please next time you talk to someone from the South, please do not talk to them like they are in kindergarten because the truth is they can probably talk faster than you.

7. Thinking that we eat fried chicken for almost every meal, and not knowing what “fixin’s” are.

"You must eat a lot of fried chicken" "Is a 'fixin' like a type of salad dressing?" (yes, I actually got asked that question) Well in my house that is a Sunday after church kind of meal, and my momma fixes the absolute best.

8. Some may even think we would actually date our cousins

Sorry, that's just Alabama fans.

9. Or that we really wear jorts.

Head to the swamp for that nonsense.

10. "Do you really say 'Bless your heart'?"

This is probably my favorite question I have been asked, and why, yes, sweetheart I do.

Now, y'all come on down to the South now ya here!