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.
Time blindness.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 December 2025 source ↗
I can be horribly smug and conceited, and yet always in the back of my mind is the thought that things could go terribly wrong at any moment.
My bottomless pit of need. Soft erections. It was hard to keep it to just two.
I dislike my impatience.
I am unable to use scissors.
A garden chair from the Chelsea flower show. It was almost the price of a small crappy car.
I wouldn’t because everything is connected with everything else.
Six months ago, I decided to move house. I got a skip, cleared everything out and then thought: “Why am I doing this?” So I remained, and I’m glad I did.
Connection, warmth, somebody you can trust and, quite happily, say nothing to.
Optimistic, nurturing, enquiring.
That they were loved.
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