Here are 12 things you will only understand if you grew up in Petal, MS:
Whether you sat outside at the red tables or in your car, this is where everyone celebrated a Panther win or mourned a loss.
Which was conveniently located right behind Sonic! You got your mom to drop you off at the skating rink and pick you up at Sonic a few hours later.
Everyone from your teachers, to your grandmother, to the little girls with bows the size of their heads would do anything to defend Petal, even though some of them probably didn’t actually know the meaning of “FOG.”
Let’s be real. Bonfires were a thing no matter the time of year. If more than 5 people were getting together, there was likely a bonfire (and probably the beginning of a field party).
No explanation necessary.
But TBH it was a game changer when Taco Bell opened.
I don’t know about y’all but I got detention for wearing shorts half-an-inch too short the week before school got out.
If you don’t know what I’m talking about, go down that big hill that turns off of 3-mile-cut-off and you’ll find it eventually.
I didn’t know until my senior English class that some people were still in high school.
Great way to save money on classes, but you’ll be stuck in 13th grade.
I’m about to be one of them.
Even if you leave Petal, your family never will, and you’ll definitely run into people you went to high school with when you come home for holidays.
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