Comments on: Which Betty Are You?

By: Christi

Christi — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:03:15 +0000

I rather like the Pat Nixon ‘72 Betty. Reminds me how I got here in the first place: still being held (and holding myself) to impossible standards that are all pretty much based on how well I serve my kids and service my husband and give and give and give. Not that I don’t like to do for others, I do. I just wish it wasn’t mandated by a painting of a chick on the side of a box.

I’m not really a Betty. My house is a wreck, I can’t play bridge, I don’t know my best friend’s birthday. I volunteer at school twice/week, but I’m always late and the principal still doesn’t know my name. I haven’t made a meal since 2003, my clothes are left over from 1993, and my hair’s circa 1963.

I kinda think the BC peeps need to get with it and realize women today are trying to be more like the first Betty than the new one. We don’t wanna make box food, we just sometimes have to.

By: Jen

Jen — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:31:56 +0000

‘65 looks like more fun than ‘72. I remember when they made the change to ‘72 and there was a bit of an uproar. I don’t know which one I would be since they don’t have one in sweat pants, messed up ponytail and mascara smudges under her eyes. Betty obviously never had children.

By: thesnackhound

thesnackhound — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:47:02 +0000

Or was she? That could have been her younger sister at Woodstock, but it would explain the brownies.

By: JD at I Do Things

JD at I Do Things — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:49:47 +0000

I rather like the look of the 1965 Betty. I bet she was a lot of fun, actually. She was professional in the kitchen, but you know she was at Woodstock, dancing in the mud.

I like the idea of “Crockerized” kids. My cousin has two adopted children from other lands, and I think I’ll suggest that to her. However, she has no sense of humor, so I’ll be the only one laughing.