Well, she did look like Doris Day. I just had to say it.

Gayer than a basket of kittens

Gay and dated, Blanche.

That was lovely, OP. You paid the lady a compliment.

This never happened.

If you're old enough to know who Doris Day is, you're the one the nurse is visiting.

No, it really did happen. Why on earth would anyone make up a story like that?

Saying something stupid is not an especially gay thing to do.

But sharing this was.

.1/10

I told my mother's new nurse that she looked just like Doris Day.

I felt so foolish.

I forgot I hadn't murdered her yet.

OP, you're really not very good at this.

^R7 What?

Was she black, OP?

The "Caprice" Doris Day or "On Moonlight Bay" Doris Day?

[quote]On a scale of 1 to 10, how gay was it?

I'm surprised she wasn't killed by the avalanche of purses falling out of your mouth.

After working for cities and other munipalities if there is one thing I've learned it's that you do not look at someone and make subjective statements. No, it's not really harassment (and for the record, I think it was a nice thing to say) but you are looking at that person and assessing their appearance. This can imply that you see them as someone other than a professional fulfilling their duties. It is such a fine line, but I'm at a point now where I never even think of complimenting a coworker on an article of clothing, a new haircut, or something bringing out their eyes.

Not dumb, but unwise and you made her feel awkward, so there's that.

It's not like OP told her she looked like Maria Ouspenskaya, r13.

Around what age was the nurse, OP?

Only boomers and older Gen X people would know who she is.

[quote]The "Caprice" Doris Day or "On Moonlight Bay" Doris Day?

"Midnight Lace" with "That Touch of Mink"

[quote]Only boomers and older Gen X people would know who she is.

Any age can stumble into Doris Day movies, especially Pillow Talk but also The Man Who Knew Too Much or Calamity Jane or That Touch of Mink.

Just takes a love of movies.

And being a gay man.

OP, she fled because she was the secret love child/grandchild of Doris Day.

The details are too sad to recount, but they're "Chinatown"-adjacent, like Echo Park.

We call the floor manager of our grocery store Cate Blanchett because of the resemblance. Someday I hope to muster OP’s courage.

R17 I think you're being a bit optimistic.

I'm in my mid 40s and the only mention of Doris Day I've ever heard was that line in that song from Grease.

It was a common compliment into the mid-1980s to tell someone that they made the sun shine brighter than Doris Day.

OK, it's fun, but in conventional social manners in a professional context one does not compare someone just met to someone else, no matter how flatteringly intended.

On a third meeting, after coffee, and prefaced by an assurance of friendship and compliment meant, perhaps.

Perhaps.

The I'll See You in My Dreams Doris Day, the Love Me or Leave Me Doris Day, The Pajama Game Doris Day, the Please Don't Eat the Daisies Doris Day or The Glass Bottom Boat Doris Day?

Or the South Pacific Doris Day everyone imagines?

[quote]It was a common compliment into the mid-1980s to tell someone that they made the sun shine brighter than Doris Day.

Clearly George Michael was a fan.

"You take the grey skies out of my way

You make the sun shine brighter than Doris Day

You turned a bright spark into a flame (yeah, yeah)

My beats per minute never been the same."

Que sera, sera, OP.

Actually, R13 is correct and I knew better, but it was just one of those dumb things you blurt out without thinking. Just dumb.

It was a sweet thing to say, OP. Glad your Mom's new nurse is so nice. Like Doris Day

I told my gynecologist he strongly resembles Jimmy Saville. To my surprise, he asked me if I was a dead lay, and then smiled from ear to ear.

Maybe she thought you meant the Ballad of Josie Doris Day, OP. She was no longer younger than springtime nor twice as exciting.

Depends on how old she was. Anyone under 40 likely has no idea who Doris Day even is.

You didn't bring up Dorises love for black cock did you?

⬛. 🐓

"Now, I shout it from the highest hills. Even told the golden daffodils. At last my hearts an open door, and my mother's nurse looks like Doris, circa 1964."

R30 Anyone under 40, likely doesn't know, their ass from their elbow to their handful of smartphone.

OP She hurried out because she felt embarrassed for you for hissssing at her " youuuu looook jussst like Dorissss Da-aaaay!!" You big fag you.

Gayer than:

- a lavender boutonnière

- a Bryan Singer casting call.

- Rock Hudson's address book.

- Liberace's Christmas tree.

- a clutch purse on Tony night.

And my personal favourite:

- so gay, that when other things are gay, you get a royalty check.

Was she wearing a rehearsal skirt?

OP, I can't judge without a selfie. Pic, please. Btw, Doris means gift, bounty.

OP, she probably thought you meant Doris Duke and was insulted. I think the best thing you can do is call her up and invite her for dinner. Fix a nice steak dinner with a salad and Russian dressing and then afterwards invite her into the den and show her Calamity Jane and explain that you said, Doris DAY not Doris DUKE! Once she understands who you meant she'll be beyond flattered and give your mother special care. Trust me, I was in health care for years!

It was weird. When I visited England, I was called Doris by so many people and I’m a guy.

[quote]Doris means gift, bounty.

I'm *not* a paper towel, r37.

The nurse is probably in her mid 40s, so yeah, maybe she has no idea who Doris Day was.

But she probably Googled the name when she got home.

I just hope she heard me correctly and didn't Google "Dennis Day".

R20 even Rock Hudson lost his heart to Doris Day

she was not brought up that way

Some of you bitches on this thread have definitely been Doris Day Drinking.

My elderly dad had a visiting nurse for a while who was a complete Mercedes McCambridge doppelgänger. She was so hard. Hard like when she walked by, a crunchy sound would emanate from her pussy area like crumbling rocks.

Was she a vital...daring Day?