Not having the ability to say sorry when they’re wrong.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Two-faced phony-baloneys.
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View all 199 →When they ruin my story because they think theirs is better, so butt in before I’ve finished mine.
Indecision and wishy-washiness.
After the third time someone’s late, we can’t be friends any more.
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