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kub2
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kub2 asked in Social ScienceGender Studies · 1 decade ago

what is your biggest character flaw?

please, no fluff answers like "I'm too nice"... true down and dirty character flaws.

Do you continuously work on changing these flaws? Can one change a flaw... or do you find a way to mold it into something positive?

Also, do you believe there to always be a flip side to a character flaw? For example; if you are bossy you in turn tend to be a good leader…

thoughts, rants, confessions... please and thx!

Update:

molly b... that’s hilarious and probably the saddest thing I have heard all day... sad cleaning would be a bum.

Update 2:

Mrs... lil ol' me you ask... well, I don’t think I could name them all in the 923 characters allotted... make that 887…

srlys... I have a big personality… I'm overly passionate about everything I do. I'm really opinionated but I second guess myself all the time. I'm hyper sensitive, combative and pushy === the flip side being that I honestly try to acknowledge and address these flaws as they pop up in my day to day... I honestly try to hold understanding of what others are going through... I'm kind of a tough cookie and I always fight for the underdog... I believe that truth and understanding coupled with love will save the world. I think highly of myself, sometimes, but in turn I worry about having a false bravado.

really enough self contradiction to kill a small child!

Update 3:

blah... did I mention that my #1 flaw is being overly harsh to flirty dudes... jk

*blushes*

Update 4:

thx Mrs... what a great sport you are

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    I am an utter neat freak and I cry too much. The sadder I am, the more I clean. lol

    Edit: I know its pitiful isn't it... :(

  • 1 decade ago

    Well, basically, I am lazy, I procrastinate and I'm a "clutterbug".

    If there's a positive side to any of that, I suppose it is that I am somewhat "laid back" and relaxed about life - I will probably never get ulcers (unless they come from worrying about my boyfriend's health problems).

    I think maybe it makes me more understanding and tolerant of other people's faults and foibles.

    I sometimes wish I were more self-motivated and ambitious, but yet when I see hard-driven ambitious types, I also see that they are, all too often, impatient with and intolerant of others.

    I know that it is far easier than most people think to change personality traits, and I know that I COULD change my own if I wanted to badly enough, but my own faults really don't disturb me to any great extent.

    I know they're there, but I live with them peacefully, and accept them as an integral part of who I am. Should I ever become sufficiently disturbed by them, then I suppose I WILL get rid of them (but since no one is "perfect", if I get rid of the faults I have now, would I sub-consciously replace them with others?)

    Beyond a doubt, there are SOME human faults that SHOULD be COMPLETELY eliminated ASAP - but some are not so bad if we can acknowledge them and try to keep them under reasonable control.

    Source(s): my life in general
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    My biggest character flaw is that I think too much about little things. I think a lot in general, but there's no need to think so much on the little things, but I tend to do it anyway. It's just my nature.

    I have been working on this actually. I get better and better at reminding myself. Like anyone else, there are days when I get off track; but I get back on.

    I don't think that being bossy makes a good leader. A leader is not a boss. A leader is a communicator, consolidator, helper, advisor, motivator, and trainer. No "boss" included.

    There, I fixed it. See, I'm working on it. :)

  • 1 decade ago

    1. I'm very rigid - I must workout almost every day and eat very healthy (which of course the upside is that I'm in great shape)

    2. I have trust issues (the upside being that I am careful about getting involved romantically with people)

    3. I am too sensitive (I understand when other people get insulted by things that weren't necessarily meant to insult).

    4. I'm too hard on myself (I push myself to be better, all the time)

  • 1 decade ago

    I am quick tempered. I can get really aggressive if I get pushed and I've acted like a total buffoon on a few occasions when I've had too much to drink. I never pick fights but if I drink while I'm in a bad mood, I don't shy away from them either. A recent event made me realize I've got to grow up and never drink while I'm upset.

  • 1 decade ago

    I hate dithering and disorganisation to the point of obsession. People do not need to have 40 meetings just to make a simple decision and it's bad to start one thing before finishing another first. My suspicion of other people's incompetence (which might be sometimes unfounded) leads me to not delegate responsibility.

    I'd like to, but my pyrrhonian scepticism, honed from past occurences interferes.

  • 1 decade ago

    I'm high energy, bordering on ADD. This means I tend to talk too much, not complete projects, and get distracted easily.

    On the flip side, given that I'm high energy, I tend to work rather quickly and finish the projects that I do finish very soon.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Im a little depressive. I am a little too introverted. I am a little snobbish inwardly, though noone would know. That is the pride manifesting itself. I can be needy. I wish I was funnier and made a few more people laugh!

  • 1 decade ago

    Answer: I don't understand 'feminism' ~ or, I don't understand the contradictions in the strands in 'feminism' ~ nor the various conflicting arguments of any attempts at a definition of feminism.

    I agree wholeheartedly with 'equality', but the ongoing debate and somewhat 'ruthlessness' of arguments seems to 'move people apart' instead of drawing them together and welding it tight.

    Then again, maybe it's me and my not understanding 'feminism' ....or maybe I simply missed the plot!

    Sash.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Jealousy & Im A Perfectionist.

  • Lovely
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Trying too hard to be the fun girl. I have been so busy for so many years trying to get everyone to like me that I've lost my sense of self. But I am working on it!

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