Bette

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You Are a Bette!

You are a Bette -- "I must be strong"

Bettes are direct, self-reliant, self-confident, and protective.

How to Get Along with Me

• * Stand up for yourself... and me.


• * Be confident, strong, and direct.


• * Don't gossip about me or betray my trust.


• * Be vulnerable and share your feelings. See and acknowledge my tender, vulnerable side.


• * Give me space to be alone.


• * Acknowledge the contributions I make, but don't flatter me.


• * I often speak in an assertive way. Don't automatically assume it's a personal attack.


• * When I scream, curse, and stomp around, try to remember that's just the way I am.

What I Like About Being a Bette

• * being independent and self-reliant


• * being able to take charge and meet challenges head on


• * being courageous, straightforward, and honest


• * getting all the enjoyment I can out of life


• * supporting, empowering, and protecting those close to me


• * upholding just causes

What's Hard About Being a Bette

• * overwhelming people with my bluntness; scaring them away when I don't intend to


• * being restless and impatient with others' incompetence


• * sticking my neck out for people and receiving no appreciation for it


• * never forgetting injuries or injustices


• * putting too much pressure on myself


• * getting high blood pressure when people don't obey the rules or when things don't go right

Bettes as Children Often

• * are independent; have an inner strength and a fighting spirit


• * are sometimes loners


• * seize control so they won't be controlled


• * figure out others' weaknesses


• * attack verbally or physically when provoked


• * take charge in the family because they perceive themselves as the strongest, or grow up in difficult or abusive surroundings

Bettes as Parents

• * are often loyal, caring, involved, and devoted


• * are sometimes overprotective


• * can be demanding, controlling, and rigid

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Some very good news...

One morning when I was on holiday in St Ives in July, the sound of my phone ringing woke me up. It was 7.40am and it was my brother, Sam, calling. My immediate reaction, being the optimist I am, was to panic that something had happened to my parents. The phone reception was terrible, the line kept breaking up, and I had to half hang out of the hotel room window in order to hear what Sam was saying. The news wasn't bad. And it was totally worth hanging out of the window for.Several weeks ago I was chatting to Sam's wife, my sister-in-law Alex. We discussed how she was feeling, how it was all going. 'You know', she said, 'it's the size of a bean now'. 'Oh', I said. 'A bean'...'that's amazing'. All I could think was 'what kind of bean?', because a baked bean is very different to a butter bean. Four weeks ago, the bean made it's first appearance on camera. A blurry, grey and white beanylooking blob. With teeny-beany arms and legs. And a heart. A teeny weeny beany heart, that made my own heart want to explode.
This week 12 weeks after I had the phonecall in St Ives, the phonecall in which my brother said, 'you can start knitting now', I checked with Alex whether she minded me blogging about the news, about the Bean, who now has a capital B and is due next March. She said it was fine as long as I didn't post photos on here of her after the birth!
So, this has been my long, roundabout way of saying, 'I'm going to be an Auntie!'. News I've been wanting to shout from the rooftops but had to wait a while to do so. The quilt and blanket in the previous post, along with the tank top and socks in this one, and several other things on the needles/sewing machine or in the planning phase, are for the Bean. This is going to be one very warm baby!