The question
How would you sum yourself up in three words?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's weekly The Q&A repeatedly uses this exact standing prompt.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Kind, loyal and (slightly) mad.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 August 2025 source ↗
Young, beautiful, deluded.
Male, average height.
Curious, playful and silly.
The three things I strive for are authenticity, presence and empathy. You’d have to ask my loved ones if I’m pulling them off.
I am a perimenopausal woman, so about two minutes ago, at a dog being adopted on Insta.
It’s already happened – HRT.
I constantly forget people’s names when they have literally just told me.
Always sleep on any decision.
So many different types. When I first met my husband, electric and vital. When I first held my boys in my arms, an overwhelming flood of defiant protection and magic.
When I was 17 I didn’t visit my gran for six weeks as I was out partying. At the end of that summer she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. I never saw the real her again. I would love to say sorry to her as I loved her so much.
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