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" I was in ninth grade when I met my first boyfriend, Will. Living in Georgia, everyone I knew was raised to be polite and Will was no exception. He was the quintesstial Southern guy. Will would always open doors for me, called my mom &amp;quot;ma&amp;#039;am,&amp;quot; and dad &amp;quot;sir.&amp;quot; He even bought me fresh flowers once a week and sometimes even gave my mom a bouquet, too! Will was also a guy of grand gestures, often driving 30 minutes just to surprise me at lunch with takeout from my favorite Thai place.  Not to hate on guys I&amp;#039;ve dated since Will, but he set the bar pretty high as far as boyfriends go. I haven&amp;#039;t dated anyone since who has treated me with as much respect as Will did. I wonder, is the Southern gentleman stereotype true? Was Will just an exceptionally good boyfriend or is there something to be said for Southern kindness? I know there are good guys and not-so good guys everywhere, but my personal experience leads me to believe that geography does play a role in one&amp;#039;s personal attitude about dating. I think that girls should always have their doors opened for them, and we shouldn&amp;#039;t have to trek to Georgia to find someone who will do that! What do you think? Has anyone proven my theory wrong? Let me know! Isabelle :) Isabelle blogs for Seventeen about dating every Thursday. Click here to read her post from last week! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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