Monday, May 16, 2011

Saucy Siren or Tepid Tease?

Sassy, Seventeen, Teen magazine- they held the answers to all of your burning questions in the 80's, or at least the answers to the following questions:

Are you popular?
Does your crush notice you?
What do your friends REALLY think of you?
Are you a good kisser?
Would you dare?

My sister and I would read these quizzes, take them with each other, take them again with our friends, and then tear them out of the magazines.  We kept the pages, complete with our initials and scores, and revisited the questions at each sleepover.  We couldn't possibly get bored with the questions, because the answers were constantly changing.  While I may have been a "Calm Chick" on Friday, by the next Saturday I was a "Wild Child".  Depending on the week's drama and who said what about who at lunch, or what happened during Truth or Dare at Mandy's sleepover, you could easily go from a "Popular Princess" to a "Dorky Do-gooder/Doofus/Doormat".

Everyone had that friend, maybe it was you, who would always be in the middle category.  They would be the "Girl Next Door/Far From French/50-50/Nice but not Nasty/Blossom (complete with hat)".  You never really knew if they were always picking "B" because they really meant it, or because they wanted to fall in the middle category.  EVERYONE knew that the middle category meant you were normal, well-adjusted, and unlikely to be pregnant by 8th grade.  The middle was safe, and boring.

So, were the quizzes right?  Are they still right?  Have you grown out of your "Waiting Wallflower" stage and embraced your inner "Dancefloor Diva"?  Have you given up on being "Totally Tongue" and mellowed into the "Polite Peck"?  I think we should all aspire to be in the "Braggy Babe/All About You/Thrill Junkie" category now and again (and be there HONESTLY, not by looking at the point values- you know who you are, quiz cheaters...).  With that said:

You see a boy you are totally crushing on at the mall.  He has spilled Icee down the front of his shirt.  Do you...

A) Politely whisper that he spilled his drink and should buy a new shirt (that shows off his abs, from Hollister)
B) Laugh at him and say, "Smooth move, Ex-Lax!"
C) Offer him your Tide-to-Go pen and tell him that no one will notice the wet spot
-or- (take that "C" people!)
D) Dare him to go shirtless until the mall cops catch him
       

2 comments:

  1. Ugh, Totally C. Always the mom/best friend...I never outgrew that!

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  2. I was never in the middle... I was always the one that said I was slutty! Oh man! And in answer to the one above... I would totally go with B! B for Biotch! BIOTCH!

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