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 a bit of a hoarder.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 September 2025 source ↗
Modesty and humility.
Narcissism, solipsism.
Thinking that singing makes me fit.
I’m lazy domestically. I don’t do housework. My mother would have called me a slut.
I would be less naive.
Clearing up someone’s sick – it was on police duty.
An English teacher said, “You’ll never make anything of yourself.”
Trusting someone and being let down.
Lack of empathy.
Honest, empathetic, daring.
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