Thursday, October 23, 2008







Your result for Are You a Jackie or a Marilyn? Or Someone Else? Mad Men-era Female Icon Quiz...

You Are a Doris!

You are a Doris -- "I must help others."

Dorises are warm, concerned, nurturing, and sensitive to other people's needs.

How to Get Along with Me

  • * Tell me that you appreciate me. Be specific.

  • * Share fun times with me.

  • * Take an interest in my problems, though I will probably try to focus on yours.

  • * Let me know that I am important and special to you.

  • * Be gentle if you decide to criticize me.

In Intimate Relationships

* Reassure me that I am interesting to you.

* Reassure me often that you love me.

* Tell me I'm attractive and that you're glad to be seen with me.

What I Like About Being a Doris

* being able to relate easily to people and to make friends

* knowing what people need and being able to make their lives better

* being generous, caring, and warm
* being sensitive to and perceptive about others' feelings

* being enthusiastic and fun-loving, and having a good sense of humor

What's Hard About Being a Doris

* not being able to say no

* having low self-esteem

* feeling drained from overdoing for others

*not doing things I really like to do for myself for fear of being selfish

* criticizing myself for not feeling as loving as I think I should

* being upset that others don't tune in to me as much as I tume in to them

* working so hard to be tactful and considerate that I suppress my real feelings

Dorises as Children Often
* are very sensitive to disapproval and criticism

* try hard to please their parents by being helpful and understanding

* are outwardly compliant

* are popular or try to be popular with other children

* act coy, precocious, or dramatic in order to get attention

* are clowns and jokers (the more extroverted Dorises), or quiet and shy (the more introverted Dorises)

Dorises as Parents

* are good listeners, love their children unconditionally, and are warm and encouraging (or suffer guilt if they aren't)

* are often playful with their children

* wonder: "Am I doing it right?" "Am I giving enough?" "Have I caused irreparable damage?"

* can become fiercely protective

Take the test here.



Heehee! I'm a Doris. I'm also a Tarzan and Kermit the Frog depending on which test you prefer!



Tooth update: The dentist did all the prep work for reinstalling my crown yesterday and then discovered the crown had a pinhole in the top. AAGGHHH! She is sending it to the lab to be re-enameled and will put it in next week. In the meantime, she drilled and put in a screw and "built it up" to hold in the crown. A little sore in there today.


Lace update: The Triad Scarf and I are divorced. I got custody of the yarn and needles and will search for another partner. Don't cry. We weren't meant to be. In fact I've already moved on and am contemplating another relationship.



And that's all for Thursday.



4 comments:

Bezzie said...

Oh yes, you're totally a Doris! Well except for the horrible husband thing (that was her right?)

Alwen said...

As long as you got custody of the yarn!

Galad said...

I'm sure you'll be happier in a new relationship. There are many other lovely scarf patterns out there in the world :-)

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