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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

I'm happy! I'm a Doris!

(Looking for the ABC Wednesday entry? Please scroll down. It's the next post.)

Did this test (only two questions, figured I could manage that much) and oh imagine my surprise when the result appeared! I'm a Doris. I'm happy. Who wouldn't be? (You can always do the test and see what you are.) The Doris-description fits me like a glove. Have to let hubs read it. He doesn't know me well enough, or just forgets sometimes.

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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 Are You a Jackie or a Marilyn? Or Someone Else? Mad Men-era Female Icon Quiz at HelloQuizzy

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11 comments:

  1. Jinksy18 February 2009 at 16:34

    My Mum's name was actually Doris, but I'm not sure she would have fitted the profile - I think I shall have to see what the quiz tells me I am! xxx

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  2. Barb18 February 2009 at 17:59

    I'm an Ingrid Bergman. The other results were too long for me to copy and paste. :)

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  3. Carolina18 February 2009 at 18:10

    Jinksy, will you be a Marilyn Monroe I wonder?

    Skittles, how can you leave us like this? I want to know what an Ingrid Bergman is now. ;-)

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  4. Cecelia---Sis---Mom18 February 2009 at 18:17

    I am a Doris, also. It also fits me like a glove, eery. Even my husband said it describes me to a T.

    No wonder we have hit it off.

    Cece

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  5. Carolina18 February 2009 at 18:29

    Cecilia, yep, it fits your blog too ;-) Gosh, isn't it weird?

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  6. Jewels18 February 2009 at 20:14

    I'm a doris too.. maybe we all are!

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  7. Carolina18 February 2009 at 21:51

    Jewels, no no my dear! There is at least one Ingrid that I know of (see Skittles' comment)and also I know of an Audrey.
    But I appreciate your thought, loved the fun time I just had in reading your comment and hope to share many more fun times with you, would you like to share some of your problems with me? because you are very important and special and I can't think of a critical thing to say about you.
    (I hope you have your 'how to get along with a Doris'-list with you.)
    Big smile

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  8. rhymeswithplague18 February 2009 at 23:30

    You're not going to believe this, but I am Jackie Kennedy.

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  9. EG CameraGirl19 February 2009 at 00:14

    How cool to be a Doris. I know what you mean about husbands not knowing us very well. ;-)

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  10. T19 February 2009 at 00:23

    Ha Ha, I'm a Doris too!

    PS, sorry I make you cry so much on my blog, I really don't mean too, promise to get some happy posts going for you. And yes, I lost the guilt a long time ago.

    Hugs

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  11. Carolina19 February 2009 at 08:19

    Rhymeswithplague, or Jackie, I hope you published that on your blog ;-)

    YourEGTourGuide, did you do the quiz? Just wondering if you are a Doris too ;-)

    T, haha, well, you are the Dorisest of all the Doris's if your blog is anything to go by ;-)

    When I go over to your blog I go prepared, I take lots of handkerchiefs and cucumber to cool my eyes and I only visit you when I'm alone in the house. Your posts are just too moving ;-(

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