The question
What trait do you most dislike in other people?Originally asked
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Arrogance combined with egotism and selfishness.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 October 2023 source ↗
Ingratitude. Taking advantage of others.
Trying too hard to be funny.
Incompetent leadership.
When they ruin my story because they think theirs is better, so butt in before I’ve finished mine.
Loving, sincere, honest.
My father was a very macho, controlling man and we clashed a lot. He told me that I would never be able to keep a husband with my attitude. He was right! I’ve had two short, unsuccessful marriages.
Escaping an abusive teen marriage and being blessed with the opportunity to create a new life for myself and my two young children in London at the height of the swinging 60s.
To live your best life every day, because tomorrow isn’t promised.
It has been in myself, for allowing individuals who I relied on to make important decisions in my life that left me alone to pick up the pieces.
At this time in my life, I quite like myself but, for a large portion of my life, I deplored being shy.
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