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lucianbelew t1_j5g6drr wrote

Reply to comment by keysandtreesforme in Despicable by KermitThrush

> But 47 years isn’t long enough to be called a Mainer??

Nope. One of my neighbors recently informed me that, since I was not born here, my Maine-born children will never be Mainers, but their children might.

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[deleted] t1_j5gbbpg wrote

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lucianbelew t1_j5gbmy8 wrote

Do you not understand that it's generally desirable to be accepted as a member of the community in which you live?

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[deleted] t1_j5geomr wrote

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lucianbelew t1_j5geyfa wrote

I don't fucking know, cuz. I'm just relaying the bullshit my neighbor said the other day. Take it up with someone else.

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IamSauerKraut t1_j5h24rp wrote

Your neighbor is as dumb as a toadstool. Prolly looks like one, too.

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grayhairedqueenbitch t1_j5h27lj wrote

I was born in New Hampshire and my older brother in Boston. (Our parents were still in college). My grandfathers came from other New England states. My grandmother was born in Maine, but her parents were immigrants. My other grandmother was from Maine for generations but she moved 15 miles down the road after getting married. My parents were born in Maine, and have lived there close to 70 of their 80 years, but they're not "from there" according to some.

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