Born and raised in Bama. Finished high school in 1973 so was around 1968 or so when I was in 7th grade. Had 13 yo classmate that got married with her parent’s permission. We all thought she was nuts, but it happened.
I am very jealous of you being born & raised in our great state. I was born in WV, so I am a son of the South, but obviously not a native Alabamian. I got here as soon as I could, though, and now own land in the backwoods. Love it.