@mom2collegekids, my husband said “yes sir” the day after we got back! (I told him to cork it - haha!) I suppose you get used to it, but it’s hard for me to get past the feeling that it is a subservient response which just feels weird. Our student ambassador was from Alabama, but she didn’t have an accent - although did say “ma’am” and “sir”, which was pretty cute. I don’t think I’d have known I wasn’t in the midwest except for a few people with accents and “ma’am” and “sir”.
Well, I don’t know where the preppy boys were a couple of weeks ago, but we didn’t see a single one! Honestly I don’t even know if we saw any polos. Maybe some kids in more of the outdoorsy-type shirts that button up the front, but not really preppy. Not that any of this matters to me at all - just pointing it out since I’ve seen so much discussion about Alabama maybe being more preppy or dressed up than other schools. I didn’t see it at all, and was glad because it will keep my son from wanting to keep up with the Joneses! I’d rather he bought t-shirts than Vineyard Vines, and aspire to master the poor college kid look! I didn’t see any crazy looks, either, just your regular-looking kids in pretty regular-looking clothes. I think at any college campus that pretty much anything goes and no one really cares. So wear what you want. That’s the time in life you can get away with it and no one cares!