It was a stretch to imagine that Barbara Walters might want to give it all up for Ed Couch, but Evelyn tried her hardest. Of course, even though she was not religious, it was a comfort to know that the Bible backed her up in being a doormat.
The trouble is, if you go too far towards being polite, the label that applies is "doormat".
I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.
God is not a doormat, nor should anyone else be a doormat.
Value yourself. The only people who appreciate a doormat are people with dirty shoes.
You can't always be the jokester and the doormat.
I'm a bit of a tomboy, but when it comes to love I am a doormat.
You're either a goddess ... or a doormat.
No one expects the doormat to stand upright, shake itself off, and amble down the street to seek its own happiness.