I very often set my heart on things – and if they don’t happen, I’m not great at dealing with disappointment.
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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.
Being judgmental.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 November 2022 source ↗
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Standing up while eating.
My intense self-loathing.
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Being judgmental – how dare they!
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Donny Osmond’s wife. Still do.
Spiders, needles, blood, pain and breaking wind in public.
When my kids had little teeth and curly hair, and hadn’t discovered the idea of wanting to leave home.
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