Too controlling about silly things like timings or not having toxic cleaning products in the house.
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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.
Avoidance coping.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 August 2024 source ↗
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The fact that sometimes my mouth is a little too big and a little too open and sounds too much like a sailor.
Having no patience.
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Dolly Parton. I love how she does what she wants, and lives how she wants, keeping her life so private. Also, she helped fund Covid vaccine research.
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