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 can be a people-pleaser, to the detriment of my own needs sometimes.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 December 2023 source ↗
Impulsivity. We end up in strange places, like right now – I am in the Middle East.
Self-righteousness and a phobia of embarrassment.
I’m argumentative.
Too controlling about silly things like timings or not having toxic cleaning products in the house.
Selfless and open, freeing.
Having regrets.
Cruelty to animals or children.
Sensitive, kind, silly.
Thinking about all the children that are affected by all the wars that are going on right now.
I would tell myself to stop being such a worrier.
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