friends: Never ask for food.

Southern friends: Always bring the food ... and lots of it.

friends: Will say "hello."

Southern friends: Will give you a big hug and a kiss.

friends: Call your parents Mr. and Mrs.

Southern friends: Call your parents Mom and Dad.

friends: Have never seen you cry.

Southern friends: Cry with you and for you.

friends: Will eat at your dinner table and leave.

Southern friends: Will spend hours there talking, laughing and just being with you, then do the dishes before leaving.

friends: Know a few things about you.

Southern friends: Could write a book with direct quotes from you, and know you better than you do yourself.

friends: Will leave you behind if that's what the crowd is doing.

Southern friends: Will kick the whole crowds' back-ends that left you, then walk beside you in the front of the crowd.

friends: Would knock on your door.

Southern friends: Walk right in and say, "I'm home!" If you are not home, they will wait.

friends: Are for awhile.

Southern friends: Are for life.