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 try too hard not to get things wrong.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 January 2024 source ↗
I’ve learned to give myself a break. Everyone should.
Catastrophising.
Impatience. The inability to ever finish a knitting project.
My tendency to skip meals.
Not marrying the person I wanted to marry, but now I think it’s probably good that I didn’t.
Any unread book a friend bought me.
Knowledge seeping into adventure, with a thin layer of giddiness, hysterical laughter and loss of control.
I once walked up to Harriet Walter while she was having lunch on her own because I thought I knew her, and then when I got up to the table I realised I didn’t know her, I just recognised her because she was Harriet Walter.
My friend Fritha Goodey wouldn’t have committed suicide.
Our friends are sad and miss us for a bit but, hopefully, they find other people at the party.
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