# What Do You Love About Yourself? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 8, 2006, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-love-about-yourself/351825 "2006-04-08T03:50:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-love-about-yourself/351825/21 "2006-04-08T20:18:05Z")
My skin is just big enough for all the stuff that’s inside. Though my legs are pretty long, they reach the ground exactly. Oh, and about those women worried about their butts… **"All the men I’ve ever spoken to say they like girls to have an arse on them." --Kate Winslet** ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-love-about-yourself/351825/22 "2006-04-08T20:42:38Z")
I love my sense of humor. It helped me to attact a wonderful husband, and it has been useful in getting jobs, making friends, and coping with life in general. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-love-about-yourself/351825/23 "2006-04-08T21:31:32Z")
I like that I enjoy learning. I probably spend 20-30 hours a week reading books or watching documentaries. All the skills I’ve learned have come in really handy and I’m only 26 so over the course of my life I’ll learn tons of useful things. People tell me all the time that I know alot about a wide variety of subjects and that I tend to have something useful to add no matter what the subject matter is at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-love-about-yourself/351825/24 "2006-04-08T21:33:20Z")
> [@trublmakr](#): > > No lists, please!😉 > I work with a bunch of women. My friends are mostly women (although I do have several male friends). My family is comprised and controlled these days mostly of women (although growing up, it was very much populated with and centered around the men). I, myself, am a woman. > > I’ve noticed that a lot of women’s conversations consist of discussions of their faults. And while I can be self-deprecating with the best of them, I’d much rather focus on what is good about life and good about me. > > They start a conversation with “My butt is getting so big! I have to lose weight, woe is me!” I reply with “Oh honey, a little padonkadonk is a good thing, you should be happy. What if you had a flat butt, like so many unfortunates? I have a big butt [not fat, mind you, just ample for my frame] and I like it. And I like a man who likes a woman with a big butt.” > > I’m met with frowns and dismissive waves of the hand. "Oh, Do women’s negative conversations revolve around a long list of perceived general faults (incomes, relationships, ambitions, clothes, nothing on TV, etc) or do most of these deprications revolve around body weight? ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-love-about-yourself/351825/25 "2006-04-08T23:42:09Z")
> [@Wesley Clark](#): > > Do women’s negative conversations revolve around a long list of perceived general faults (incomes, relationships, ambitions, clothes, nothing on TV, etc) or do most of these deprications revolve around body weight? Weight. In the three offices I’ve worked in, women seem obsessed with it yet willing to do nothing about it. I’ve rarely known any of the complainers to be regular gym rats or rational dieters so it makes no sense to me. I love my boobs, butt, and abs. There are other things, but I’m especially pleased with these. I love my big 'ol brain too, it impresses people almost as much as the boobs. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-love-about-yourself/351825/26 "2006-04-09T00:52:13Z")
My feet don’t smell no matter how much I sweat. Btw, the google ads right now are: **big fat butt** , **Big fat butt** , and **Butt Splice** ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-love-about-yourself/351825/27 "2006-04-09T01:13:34Z")
I’m a demon in the sack. I have delightful boobies. When I wear heels, men turn in the street to drool at my legs. I’m funny as hell… to those who get me. 🙂 I make incredible spaghetti sauce. Oh, and seriously, I’m a demon in the sack. Luckily, the demon-horns are retractable, so I can make a good impression when meeting the boyfriend’s family. ---
**Author:** ![Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-love-about-yourself/351825/28 "2006-04-09T01:22:23Z")
> [@Brynda](#): > > Eh, maybe, but I am not buying it. Most of the women I know have conversations for sympathy, not status and one-up-manship. See Deborah Tannen’s You Just Don’t Understand. Women talk to establish relationships, whereas men do so to establish heirachy. Tannen’s book is an embarrassing (and dated) compendium of stereotypes masquerading as scholarship. Many women are plenty interested in hierachy, just as plenty of men are interested in establishing relationships. ---
**Author:** ![Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-love-about-yourself/351825/29 "2006-04-09T01:58:38Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > I’m a demon in the sack. > > I have delightful boobies. > > When I wear heels, men turn in the street to drool at my legs. > > I’m funny as hell… to those who get me. 🙂 > > I make incredible spaghetti sauce. > > Oh, and seriously, I’m a demon in the sack. Luckily, the demon-horns are retractable, so I can make a good impression when meeting the boyfriend’s family. I liked her answer better. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_O\_Malley\_s\_Cow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Mrs\_O\_Malley\_s\_Cow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs_O_Malley_s_Cow)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-love-about-yourself/351825/30 "2006-04-09T02:46:26Z")
Things that really matter: I love the fact that i am very intelligent. I was gifted with reason and the ability to think for myself (something I feel is woefully lacking in people). I am also very open-minded but at the same time I won’t accept something I don’t feel is right. I will listen to someone but don’t expect to agree with them or accept what they say as the gospel truth. things that don’t really matter: Blue eyes, boobs, and legs. **Black Train Song** : I don’t have tits. Can I love yours? No, you may not. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2006, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-love-about-yourself/351825/31 "2006-04-09T03:08:59Z")
I’m not afraid to try new things ( food, movies, music, books, craft) and have a very gud vokabularry. Everyone assumes I am kollege edumakated (because of my well rounded knowledge of life, shit and stuff that I learned from doing nothing but read and hang out here. ) and I had a vaulted career somewhere before giving it all up to have kids and entering gentle poverty. I grow awesome veggies and herbs from seed. except tomatoes. My only weakness. Apparantly, it is hard to some people. I know how to jump start a dead battery and I have one of those senses of humor that when the world is crashing down on everything you know, I will make you pee your pants from laughter. ( Funerals, weddings and hospital bedside visits are three areas I excell. ) Not insinuating that getting married is the apocalypse or anything… Your deathbed visitation my vary. I’m just coming into my groove in life and look forward to the next 50 years or so. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_O\_Malley\_s\_Cow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Mrs\_O\_Malley\_s\_Cow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs_O_Malley_s_Cow)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-love-about-yourself/351825/32 "2006-04-09T03:12:29Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > My feet don’t smell no matter how much I sweat. > > Btw, the google ads right now are: **big fat butt** , **Big fat butt** , and **Butt Splice** Google ads have not changed. I just mentioned porn in a previously innocent thread so they probably have weird ads now too. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-love-about-yourself/351825/33 "2006-04-09T03:30:59Z")
People who know me smile when I walk into a room. That’s probably my favorite thing about myself. ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-love-about-yourself/351825/34 "2006-04-09T03:34:53Z")
> [@Indygrrl](#): > > I love my boobs, butt, and abs. There are other things, but I’m especially pleased with these. I love my big 'ol brain too, it impresses people almost as much as the boobs. 😉 You had me at boobs (the last occurance, btw) 🙂 What I love most about myself is my penis and what Mrs. Prefect can do with it. It is shocking. I have had this thing for 35 years now and she comes in, complete amateur and does better work with it than I am capable of. 🙂 On a completely, unrelated note, what I also like about me is me. Mrs. Prefect brought me out of my shell and, while still shy sometimes, I do revel in being able to express emotions without embarrassment, talk about what really matters, etc. I used to really despise myself (and still eat of course, Jesus had some psychological training ; ) but that sweet lady brought me around. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-love-about-yourself/351825/35 "2006-04-09T03:41:30Z")
My sarcasm, wit, and amazing ability to absorb random and useless facts. Put me on the boobie train too. \<3 my assets. And my hair too on most days. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-love-about-yourself/351825/36 "2006-04-09T05:05:44Z")
I have great hair – wavy, shiny and chestnut. Once upon a time I had fabulous breasts, the kind that led someone to shout, “nice tits” at me from a passing car. Alas they succumbed to pregnancy. I am a very good wife to my husband. I am patient, kind, sexy, loving, understanding, gentle and sweet to him. He is my best friend and I am his. I am good at passing standardized tests. This has to some very cool employment opportunities. I can write well when I really concentrate. I would also write about my chin that needs a facelift at 35, the ass that looks like I do nothing but sit and eat doritos all day and how poorly I do at math but this is supposed to be a complimentary thread so I’ll shut up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-love-about-yourself/351825.md?page=1)