What are some of the rules and protocols ever-present in a southern lady?

• You never leave your house without lipstick and clean “fixed” hair.
• Unless you are invited, via text, email or formal invitation, you just don’t go to an event without an invitation.
• Hats are always optional, but its purpose is much more than trying to keep the sun out of your eyes. They are a southern fashion statement, and the bigger the brim the better.
• She is always true to herself and can be known to make up her own rules. Totally acceptable.
• She always has a cake or pie on the counter in a domed cake plate for company that may stop by, and don’t forget the sweet tea. A good host always makes company feel right at home.
• We say Yes Sir and Yes Ma’am to our elders, showing respect and honoring them.
• Southern women will always compare every man they date or marry to their Daddy, and take it from me, no one will ever treat them like their Daddy did.
• Thank you notes are a must. Monogrammed with your initials are the best, as we are big on putting our initials on everything. It is just plain rude not to write a personal note and send them within twenty-four hours after a dinner you attended, to someone who gave you a gift or someone that did a kind gesture just for you.
• There is always an emergency casserole in the freezer, one never knows who will pass on at church or the neighborhood, or is just divorced.
• Every respectable southern lady has a strand of pearls to pass down to daughters and granddaughters or nieces. Which reminds me, in the south, family is everything! You love them, respect them, and fight for them and most of all pray for them. They come before anyone or anything.
• Weekends in the fall are for football. Enough said.
• If you ever want to look like a camel in public, church, wedding or a funeral, just chew gum. If you are worried about your breath, carry small mints.
• It is always acceptable to call someone Honey, Sweetie, Darlin’, Sugar or even Sweetheart, even when they are not kin to you.