I found this quiz via Miguelina, and even though I don’t watch Mad Men, this “Mad Men-era female icon” quiz was hard to resist.
It turns out that I am neither a Marilyn (Monroe) nor a Jackie (Kennedy), and that’s fine – I am an Ingrid (Bergman)! The personality characteristics associated with the profile sound quite a lot like me. I can live with that. And I’ll always have Paris. (So, could I at least look like her for a day, please? Or how about her daughter, Isabella Rosselini? My husband’s always had a thing for her…)
You Are an Ingrid!
Ingrids have sensitive feelings and are warm and perceptive.
How to Get Along with Me
- * Give me plenty of compliments. They mean a lot to me.
- * Be a supportive friend or partner. Help me to learn to love and value myself.
- * Respect me for my special gifts of intuition and vision.
- * Though I don’t always want to be cheered up when I’m feeling melancholy, I sometimes like to have someone lighten me up a little.
- * Don’t tell me I’m too sensitive or that I’m overreacting!
What I Like About Being an Ingrid
- * my ability to find meaning in life and to experience feeling at a deep level
- * my ability to establish warm connections with people
- * admiring what is noble, truthful, and beautiful in life
- * my creativity, intuition, and sense of humor
- * being unique and being seen as unique by others
- * having aesthetic sensibilities
- * being able to easily pick up the feelings of people around me
What’s Hard About Being an Ingrid
- * experiencing dark moods of emptiness and despair
- * feelings of self-hatred and shame; believing I don’t deserve to be loved
- * feeling guilty when I disappoint people
- * feeling hurt or attacked when someone misundertands me
- * expecting too much from myself and life
- * fearing being abandoned
- * obsessing over resentments
- * longing for what I don’t have
Ingrids as Children Often
- * have active imaginations: play creatively alone or organize playmates in original games
- * are very sensitive
- * feel that they don’t fit in
- * believe they are missing something that other people have
- * attach themselves to idealized teachers, heroes, artists, etc.
- * become antiauthoritarian or rebellious when criticized or not understood
- * feel lonely or abandoned (perhaps as a result of a death or their parents’ divorce)
Ingrids as Parents
- * help their children become who they really are
- * support their children’s creativity and originality
- * are good at helping their children get in touch with their feelings
- * are sometimes overly critical or overly protective
- * are usually very good with children if not too self-absorbed
With only two questions, this is also a very quick quiz, so go take it now and then come back and tell me who you are :-)!
I’m Ingrid as well!
Michelle – I guess we’re both unique, then, even though that sounds a little bit self-contradictory. We must be differently unique :-).
I’m Marilyn. 🙂
Sharonanne – You’re the first Marilyn I’ve encountered! The results I’ve seen have been pretty diverse.
My post didn’t take! I told you yesterday all about how I’m Jackie. I’m not sure why my response didn’t take. I also responded to your post about crime and have a feeling I’ll have to redo that one too. 🙁 Darn computers.
Wendy (Literary Feline) – I’ve seen a couple of Jackies as this has made the rounds. “I am Jackie. I do everything right.” 🙂
My sister never leaves comments here, but she is Doris – “I must help others.” That pegs her pretty well.