# What do you like about yourself? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 24, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-like-about-yourself/184121 "2003-06-24T20:22:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-like-about-yourself/184121/21 "2003-06-25T14:13:38Z")
I make great peanut butter and Jelly sandwiches. My kids adore me, as they should. I have an excellent ability to come through in a clutch situation with a very funny line. It’s a gift, really. I do not panic and am not a drama queen. ( However, I am an attention whore and I am totally ok with this.) I am very funny. Not bragging. Just stating facts. I am great at funerals and hospital bedside visits. I am a gut writor. What I like best as I have gotten older how more confident and secure I have become and how instead of being the total pessimist in life,how I have trained my brain to turn it into a positive thing. Not like Jack Handy, but you get the idea. ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-like-about-yourself/184121/22 "2003-06-25T14:26:07Z")
I’m a heartless, evil asshole. I love it. And **MeanOldLady** , your Web site is the funniest Goddam thing I’ve seen in weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-like-about-yourself/184121/23 "2003-06-25T14:53:46Z")
**Meanoldlady** That is truly one of the funniest websites I’ve ever seen. I wish I was black so I could be your friend. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-like-about-yourself/184121/24 "2003-06-25T16:21:44Z")
I’m a good mother (at least that’s what I’m told). I’m good at my job. I just got a large bonus for a project I completed a few months ago. I have nice eyes. My son loves me. My husband loves me. I’m a pretty good cook. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-like-about-yourself/184121/25 "2003-06-25T19:15:59Z")
Hehehehe. _cackles_ I’m glad you all liked the website. I didn’t make it, I just think it’s really damn funny. **Shirley** , we can still be friends, anyway. I can be one of the black people who love you. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Audrey\_Levins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Audrey\_Levins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Audrey_Levins)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-like-about-yourself/184121/26 "2003-06-25T22:13:15Z")
Hmmm…no one’s ever asked me this question before. _thinking_ – I’m tall (5’10") – I’m pretty damn clever/funny when the muse strikes – I can put people at ease – I make a damn good margarita – I’m usually very optimistic (almost insanely so) – I can engineer good hair days (good things come to those who blowdry) – I’m a good listener (people are always asking me for advice) – I have pretty eyes, so they say (and naturally curly eyelashes) – I’m a good photographer and a better writer – I give great birthday gifts – I don’t take any shit, but I don’t start any either _pauses_ Wow, I didn’t know I liked so many things about myself. Who knew. (It’s so much easier to focus on the things that bug me.) And I just realized that only a couple of those things can be taken away from me with time. The rest will just improve as I get older. I like this thread idea, **Belrix.** I feel better already. Good stuff! ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Magic8ball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Miss\_Magic8ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Magic8ball)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-like-about-yourself/184121/27 "2003-06-25T23:43:38Z")
… I can read really well. I’m really good at making fun of people without them realizing it Sarcasm is my best weapon… I can shoot a gun better then most people I know ---
**Author:** ![\_ceQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/b9bd4f/32.png) [@\_ceQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_ceQueen)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-like-about-yourself/184121/28 "2003-06-25T23:56:30Z")
I like _everythiing_ about myself. I’m one of _those_ annoying people. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-like-about-yourself/184121/29 "2003-06-26T00:00:00Z")
Nothing. I’m pretty much loathsome. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-like-about-yourself/184121/30 "2003-06-26T00:23:01Z")
I’m a very loving person. But at the same time, I’m very adaptable, and can adjust that personality to fit a certain situation. In other words, I’m a bit of chameleon when it’s necessary. Compassionate. I work in the health-care field, but I don’t have to work at being compassionate. I really like that about me. I can be a friend. I **know** how to be a friend, because growing up I knew what it was to be friend-_less_. Q ---
**Author:** ![Special\_Agent\_Jazz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@Special\_Agent\_Jazz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Special_Agent_Jazz)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-like-about-yourself/184121/31 "2003-06-26T00:41:23Z")
I’m always negative but I’ll try to be positive here. a) My dimples. I have these deep, crater dimples on my creeks. b) I ride, train and show horses…I also rescued abused horses. c) I’m loyal. Once you earn my trust, you have a friend for life and I’m trustworthy. d) I’m unique. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![80sHairMetalMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ed655f/32.png) [@80sHairMetalMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/80sHairMetalMaven)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-like-about-yourself/184121/32 "2003-06-26T00:46:24Z")
I support the HSUSA with regular donations, as well as Ronald McDonald house with regular donations. My cats love me. I’m a pretty decent neighbor…we’re forever borrowing stuff from each other and hanging out at each other’s houses. I’m pretty well-read. IDBB ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-like-about-yourself/184121/33 "2003-06-26T03:53:00Z")
-Animals love me -I’m not unsmart -I’m in good shape -I have good table manners -I seem to be able to relate to a wide variety of people -I’m relatively funny ---
**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-like-about-yourself/184121/34 "2003-06-26T04:09:47Z")
- I’m tall and can use shorter people to rest my elbow upon. - I’m in fairly good shape - I can cook effortlessly and well - I am easygoing and can relate to people - I learn quickly and can adapt to anything - I don’t like cats (hey, with allegies like mine, it _is_ a good thing) ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-like-about-yourself/184121/35 "2003-06-26T05:00:38Z")
Hmm… I’ve been doing far too much self-loathing lately… time for a change. (no matter how hard it may be) [ul] [li]I read a lot.[/li][li]I remember everyone’s birthdays. (well, almost everyone’s… sorta…) :D[/li][li]I try to listen and be helpful to my friends who are experiencing problems.[/li][li]I’m young at heart… which is a good thing coz of all the kids I know![/li][li]I’m pretty much easygoing most of the time, except when you’ve wronged me or someone I love… then I get nasty.[/li][li]I’m polite and kind to people.[/li][li]I have a fairly good vocabulary.[/li][li]I can make friends fairly easily, and keep them too. :D[/li][li]Kids love me… they hug me, make up nicknames for me, want to talk to me, want to be carried by me, etc.[/li][/ul] Gee, this feels better already! 🙂 Wow… great thread idea, **Belrix**! F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-like-about-yourself/184121/36 "2003-06-26T09:43:58Z")
**Zenster** : A Rennaisance Man. Thanks for letting me/us get to know you better, bud! Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Blunty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Captain\_Blunty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Blunty)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-like-about-yourself/184121/37 "2003-06-26T11:08:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Flamsterette\_X \* > \*\* > [li]I remember everyone’s birthdays. (well, almost everyone’s… sorta…) :D[/li] \*\* Hey you didn’t remember _my_ birthday… I guess I’m just not special enough… 😃 What I like most about myself is that I can find my sense of humour in almost any horrible situation and make those who are suffering laugh. I can also cook my ass off, have a nice rack, and my dog adores me. What else do ya need? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bittersweet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@bittersweet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bittersweet)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-like-about-yourself/184121/38 "2003-06-26T12:42:01Z")
Hmm…well, I: - am a good listener - am sensitive to other’s feelings - am good-looking with a nice bod 😉 - am bright, witty, and charming - am trustworthy - have a good sense of humor - have an overall positive demeanor - have enviable creative and artistic abilities - have really nice blue eyes Thanks, I think I needed that dose of self-esteem. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-like-about-yourself/184121/39 "2003-06-26T13:24:11Z")
\*I am a good mother. \*I have a great sense of humor—even am able to laugh at myself most of the time. \*I am generous with my time and my sympathetic ear. \*I am not at all high maintenence—a simple kind word or gesture from someone can carry me through for a long time. \*I am slow to anger and when I do get upset, I try never to take it out on the wrong person—not the type to come home and kick the dog if it’s the boss I’m sore at. \*I smile a lot ---
**Author:** ![Qazzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@Qazzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qazzz)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-like-about-yourself/184121/40 "2003-06-26T13:50:20Z")
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