A normal friend uses the word “very”.
A Maine friend will replace “very” with “wicked” and will find a way to squeeze it into every sentence.
A normal friend will stay home from work during a blizzard.
A Maine friend will say “Blizzard?’ and then go to work as normal.
A normal friend will drink Coca-Cola.
A Maine friend will send the Coke right back and order a Moxie.
A normal friend will order lobster outside of Maine.
A Maine friend won’t eat lobster when they are outside of Maine; it’s way too expensive and definitely isn’t fresh enough.
A normal friend will wear a jacket when it is colder than 50 degrees outside.
A Maine friend won’t start wearing a jacket until it is snowing, and it better be a wicked snow.
A normal friend turns on the air conditioning when it gets hot.
A Maine friend doesn’t have AC and sleeps with the windows open instead.
A normal friend turns up the heat when it is cold outside.
A Maine friend fires up the wood stove or pellet stove.
A normal friend might buy new winter boots.
A Maine friend rocks the same L.L.Bean boots they’ve had for years.
A normal friend will give their entire phone number including area code.
A Maine friend won’t say their area code since the entire state is 207.
A normal friend will dip their toe into the 62-degree ocean and decide not to go swimming.
A Maine friend will dive right in, excited that the water is warm.
A normal friend will grill hot dogs.
A Maine friend will grill red snapper hot dogs and warn you to watch out for the “snap“ sound when you bite into them.
A normal friend says “Portland”.
A Maine friend needs you to specify Oregon or Maine every time.
A normal friend will go to a lake house.
A Maine friend will go “upta camp.”
A normal friend buys their produce at the grocery store.
A Maine friend forages for berries, fiddleheads, and ramps. 