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angsty
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Date: October 14, 2010 12:04AM
Several of my LDS friends and relatives from Utah have united in posted the following status update, and subsequently "liking" each other's identical status:
"TOUGH GIRLS come from NEW YORK, SWEET GIRLS come from TEXAS, BARBIE GIRLS come from CALIFORNIA, BUT us *UTAH* GIRLS have fire and ice in our blood!! We can ride 4-wheelers, be a princess, throw a right hook, love football, pack heat, fish with the boys, bake a cake,be great moms, party, and love with a passion And, if we have an opinion YOU KNOW UR GONNA HEAR IT!! Post If you're a UTAH GIRL!"
So, in response, I commented:
"That's interesting. Utah girls have a lot in common with Ohio girls, Kentucky Girls, Virginia Girls and Tennessee Girls. :0)"
I'm kind of laughing about the whole thing because even if it's all an accurate generalization about Utah women, nothing about the description distinguishes "Utah Girls" from girls just about anywhere else in America.
***I'm not bagging on Utah, I just think it's bizarre that my friends/relatives from Utah who are MORMONS think this is how they can be described. I know these people. The description doesn't fit AT ALL.***
I'm especially laughing because I lived amongst these particular Mormon women in scenic West Valley City for over three years of my life and got a lot of flack everywhere I went for actually having and articulating opinions. So it kind of cracks me up that all these Mormon women in my life claim that they are the ones who have cornered that market.
Nor did I meet many (only two) scrappy Mormon women in Utah who actually could throw a mean right hook (church ball brawl between Bishop's adult daughter and the wife of one of the officials-- true story). I would venture to say most of the Mormon women in my life have never gotten into a real fight in their lives. I also know that several of them don't own guns and have never been shooting in their lives, so the whole "packing heat" bit is nonsense.
Certainly little of the post is what people actually think of when they think of "Utah Girls" who are also Mormon (like all my friends and relatives who duplicated the status). For them, the applicable "Utah Girl" description would be:
"I'm a Wizardess of Jello, I make 'scones', have two years of wheat and honey in my basement, Scrapbook like a fetchin' machine, sell Home Interiors, Shaklee, AND AM-Way, Run a Part-time Photography business, Buy Ice Cream by the gallon and had 5 kids before I was 25!! Plus I honor and obey the Priesthood and I was married in the temple to the most wonderful RM hubby in the world! I Love Thomas S. Monson. The church is TRUE!! I'm a Utah Mormon Girl!!!"
Thanks for letting me vent.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/14/2010 12:31AM by angsty.