The question
Which trait in yourself do you like least?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I’m not into self-deploring.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2019 source ↗
Appearing angry when I’m not angry.
I’m so tempted to answer serial killer.
I’m incredibly patient with a lot of stuff, but incredibly impatient with other things. I deplore the impatient side.
I had to ask people about this, because I couldn’t think of anything, and the consensus seems to be: a general lack of self-awareness.
The current occupant of the White House.
When I was raising my children.
That I would have focused more on languages.
My husband, Paul, who is an enabler of the exuberance of his wife and five kids.
No contest: seeing my grandchildren enjoying each other.
Discrimination, for any reason.
Ed Koch, Jon Sopel, Rory Stewart, Al Franken, John Lewis, Jon Snow
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