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Originally Posted by Idealist
Actually, for most of us southerners, "Bess his/her heart" is pretty much like a verbal "get-out-of -jail-free" card. You can say whatever you want about whoever you want as long as you follow it with these words, as in "Poor ol' Johnny down the street was born dumb and has only gotten dumber since, bless his heart!"  |
Hahahahaha, EXACTLY! And a lot of the time "bless your heart" REALLY means "I don't care about a word that you're saying but I'm pretending that I do."
I've lived in Texas for going on 18 years now and I've only caught myself saying "bless your heart" once, lol.