GBHS
"God Bless Her Soul" is a southern bad habit. I know you may be surprised, but this phrase really isn't as kind-hearted as it appears. Let me illustrate.
- "She's been drinking for years. GBHS."
- "His head was all squished. GBHS."
- "He married a golddigger. GBHS."
Do you see the problem? "God Bless His/Her Soul" is really just the add-on ap that allows you to say whatever you want, no matter how insulting it may be. My 93 year old grandmother, the self-proclaimed Scarlet O'Hara, is the master of it. Again let me illustrate.
- "He was so ugly The day he was born, I swore the devil went and got a hold of me. GBHS."
- "She's got herself a foster child; it's a crack baby. GBHS"
- "She's so beautiful. If it weren't for those thighs of hers. GBHS."
I kept a record of her habit throughout the past few years because it's so thoroughly entertaining. Now that Nana is in a nursing home, unable to make such comments anymore, I am grateful for my journalism. The last time she could speak, she said the Lord wasn't ready for her yet, and I thought, "GBHS."
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Alternate, meaner ending that I didn't have the heart to write:
The last time she could speak, she said that God must not be ready for her yet, and I thought, "God Bless His Soul."
Which ending do you prefer?
OMG!!! I totally just had this conversation literally wednesday at work with one of my co-workers and now whenever we do something wrong, stupid, silly, we say for example " where did you grow up under a stupid rock, bless your soul!" no joke I even have proof of this as facebook has documented it into the eternal realm of the internetSSS.
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