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Oh my goodness... You just keep bringing up all the good stuff that hits my persnickety button....

The Meyers-Briggs test was created by a mother and daughter that had no psychological training AT ALL. Why did they design it? Because the Mum thought the daughter's husband was an awful fit with the rest of the family, so she designed a test to show that. I concede that some aspects of the test are based on real aspects of psychology. However, research has shown that if you give the test at different times of your life span, or day or even at different hunger levels you will come out with a different outcome. There is more consistency in BuzzFeed click bait quizzes and horoscopes

Thank you for coming to my Ted talk
Would you be surprised to know that I thought that would be a button? ("Persnickety" is not the word I had in mind, but I adore it.) Would you think less of me, knowing I wanted to see you up on a soapbox? But I amuse myself when I aim better than not...

I was in a corporate environment for a long time (way too long, honestly) and one of them dug deep into the MBTI (and paid a lot of money to do so. So many questions...) It is amusing pseudoscience. But questions are so subjective, even if you cross 2000 of them (yes, 2000+ fucking variations of "You usually feel more persuaded by what resonates emotionally with you than by factual arguments." Oh, sod off...) And people change. So it may be, at best, a snapshot of where you were at the time of the test, it isn't really that useful. It makes you feel good, especially the way they try to sum you up in the most glowing terms possible, and there may be some accuracy (I have always fallen into the same type), the usefulness of that information is dubious at best.

On the other hand, this is pretty funny...

STJ: Lord, help me to relax about insignificant details beginning tomorrow at 11:41.23 AM EST
ISTP: God, help me to consider peoples' feelings, even if most of them are hypersensitive.
ESTP: God, help me to take responsibility for my own actions, even though they're usually not my fault.
ESTJ: God, help me to not try to run everything. But, if You need some help, just ask.
ISFJ: Lord, help me to be more laid back and help me to do it EXACTLY right.
ISFP: Lord, help me to stand up for my rights (if you don't mind my asking).
ESFP: God help me to take things more seriously, especially parties and dancing.
ESFJ: God give me patience, and I mean right NOW.
INFJ: Lord help me to not be a perfectionist (did I spell that correctly?).
INFP: God, help me to finish everything I sta
ENFP: God, help me to keep my mind on one th-A BIRD! Did you see the bird?
ENFJ: God, help me to do only what I can and trust you for the rest. And put that in writing.
INTJ: Lord, keep me open to others' ideas, WRONG though they may be.
INTP: Lord, help me be less independent, but let me do it my way.
ENTP: Lord, help my follow established procedures today. On second thought, I'll settle for a few minutes.
ENTJ: Lord, help me slow downandnotrushthroughwatido.

ENFP and INFP fit me annoyingly well...

And, please accept my apology as well.
 
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It's hard to speculate that kind of thing, I think. I would bet it's a higher percentage, but not by much.

But, it's hard. You are fishing through the wrong threads, the right threads, worrying about catfish (no, @Peter_Out I'm not one 😝), dancing around reaching out to those that interest you, etc.

Regardless, it's possible. You have to have hope. Have faith. Nurture the dream.
I am coming into this late, so someone has probably explained this better than I will, but, to keep with the needle metaphor, if you are looking for what you think is the perfect needle for you, if you are focusing your vision to find what you think is your perfect needle, you may miss the perfect needle for you. Human beings are fractured and fucked up. They don't even know what they really want, for the most part. So spending your time searching for it takes time and energy, both of which are commodities today. And so often you end up with what you thought you wanted, but not what you needed.

I am a romantic, in all things. That is far more than believing in love and romance -- it is a far deeper thing that I'm not going to get into. (I am told I am explainy, forgive me.) But with that, I don't believe in perfect, not as an ideal. As a moment, absolutely. (As an absolute, only momentarily.) I don't believe in soulmates, that there is one perfect person. Maybe that makes me a cynical romantic, but I have been called worse. But I do believe that you can find what you need, and what you need can find you. And it won't be perfect, even if it may feel like it -- limerence is a hell of a drug. But that is what makes the magic. And we all deserve magic. My first Lit-lationship, my first "crush," was not sought out -- it was serendipity. And it was far from perfect. And parts of it hurt. A lot. But all of that together? I wouldn't have traded that experience for rubies...

Sorry, I get long-winded.
 
You know, there was a rival school near me growing up called Buckeye... they always had the first Friday and Monday of Squirrel Season off... I'm gonna assume y'all don't do that 🤭
Only the first day of deer season.

And many schools close for the week of state fair for 4-H activities.

My condolences guys. Can’t choose where you come from though
I've lived in a lot of places. I've lived on the Emerald Coast of FL and at the feer of the Rockies in Colorado Springs, among other places - and I came home. Only 2 groups of people hate on Ohio, those that have never lived anywhere outside the state, and those that have never spent a significant amount of time here.


The lady in the Sloppy video…
Hang on Sloppy, for whatever reason, is Ohio's state song. If you want to find a Buckeye in the crowd, place this song. It's the same as playing Sweet Caroline overseas to figure out who's American.
 
the gif said "women"...but other than the e for an a, it was perfect for what i wanted to say, lol
Right... Texas, I forgot, literacy isn't that important. 🤣

Sorry… I don’t know… but I would think he has his hands full just keeping that one woman in line… handle more of us?

https://media1.tenor.com/m/3MBb9OcZK-IAAAAd/kitty-forman-debra-jo-rupp.gif
Oh, my hands are full alright, but that is a very wonderful thing. 😈

I hope I didn't disappoint. I've had a out 4 hours of sleep since 7am Tuesday, four flights, and a couple very important work meetings. I just got home and my brain is DEAD.

thats the link to the gif of you with a crop? are you trying to spank and dom @MischiefMakerAlways now? 🤭
 
Great scene, by the way. Totally stole that whole movie.
I am partial to Sally Kellerman reading Ulysses aloud, but that might just be me. I love Joyce.

Also, I have used "he wants you to dress up as Wonder Woman? Tie him up with a golden lariat and force him to tell the truth?" more than I thought I would have back in 1986.
 
I am coming into this late, so someone has probably explained this better than I will, but, to keep with the needle metaphor, if you are looking for what you think is the perfect needle for you, if you are focusing your vision to find what you think is your perfect needle, you may miss the perfect needle for you. Human beings are fractured and fucked up. They don't even know what they really want, for the most part. So spending your time searching for it takes time and energy, both of which are commodities today. And so often you end up with what you thought you wanted, but not what you needed.

I am a romantic, in all things. That is far more than believing in love and romance -- it is a far deeper thing that I'm not going to get into. (I am told I am explainy, forgive me.) But with that, I don't believe in perfect, not as an ideal. As a moment, absolutely. (As an absolute, only momentarily.) I don't believe in soulmates, that there is one perfect person. Maybe that makes me a cynical romantic, but I have been called worse. But I do believe that you can find what you need, and what you need can find you. And it won't be perfect, even if it may feel like it -- limerence is a hell of a drug. But that is what makes the magic. And we all deserve magic. My first Lit-lationship, my first "crush," was not sought out -- it was serendipity. And it was far from perfect. And parts of it hurt. A lot. But all of that together? I wouldn't have traded that experience for rubies...

Sorry, I get long-winded.
You are late to the conversation, but, as always, I appreciate your insights and experience. I said it in some of my responses to people and the question, I never said perfect or perfection. I am a romantic realist by nature. For many years, a cynic. I believed every relationship I went into had an expiration date. When I found love, real love, it was wonderful but I still felt like an entire part of me wasn't getting what I needed. Settling for that wonderful was something I was sure was my only option.

Many people brought up polyamory. I've had that discussion too. I think you can find what you need in more than one person, but it's not because you are searching for ways that the others aren't filling you. But, it's that "one" person could be multiple people that give you all you need.

But, circling back to "the one". I'm not saying discard needles because they are chipped or broken. Hell, me as that needle is hella broken. But, someone picking me up, holding me in a way that fits their grip, being able to create the art they want with me, that's what I want. And I want to feel the same about them.

I don't think it's an outlandish idea to find what we need in a relationship. I'm not talking the extras, the bonuses, the wants. I mean the needs. The stuff that makes you feel whole. Is it rare? Yes. Is it hard? Yes. Can it seem impossible? Yes. But, it is possible. And, being as selfish as I am, I want it.

I've already been told it's unrealistic. It's a naive way to think. I've been told my "goals" might change once I have it, and then I'll be unhappy again. I simply disagree.

But, I've also said a lot on it today. And I'm quite certain I'm getting eye rolls at me now. So, I will stop talking on it. I just wanted to clarify.
 
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