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Whats your worst personality trait / character flaw?

120 replies

jlox · 23/05/2024 19:42

Im too sensitive and can be quite insecure in certain situations 🥲

Care to share yours?

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TokyoSushi · 23/05/2024 21:32

I'm quite judgy and very rigid, it's usually my way or no way. I also hold myself to a very high standard and expect the same of others which can put a lot of pressure on people 😳

Diddleyeyeeye · 23/05/2024 21:34

INFJ door slam. My absolute worst personality trait by far.

IBegYourBiggestPardon · 23/05/2024 21:36

sheoaouhra · 23/05/2024 19:44

a tendency to fritter away hours uselessly flicking through Mumsnet

Definitely this, but add YouTube into the mix as well

Wiglio · 23/05/2024 21:45

I’m very unforgiving and hold a grudge. Also a bit of a bitch, I’ve named my friend’s husband Thickchard because he is as thick as pigshit and doesn’t realise it.

freespirit333 · 23/05/2024 21:47

I just don’t think I’m very nice. I enjoy misfortune in people I dislike, I’m really intolerant and impatient, and also really blunt.

freespirit333 · 23/05/2024 21:47

I just don’t think I’m very nice. I enjoy misfortune in people I dislike, I’m really intolerant and impatient, and also really blunt.

LunaNorth · 23/05/2024 21:48

Anxiety and CPTSD make me a hyper-critical judgy cow, if I don’t keep an eye on myself.

Mostly of myself, but also of others.

I hate it so much.

CantBelieveNaive · 23/05/2024 21:50

I used to be deluded and saw the world through rose tinted glasses👓 until the meno hit and now I want to punch those same people!! 👊

Meshka · 23/05/2024 21:58

Jealousy, which is awful and unnecessary

I actually have the life I strive for, in every way....so I only hurt myself!

TakeThePain · 23/05/2024 22:02

I talk over others. And I give too much away before people really earn my trust.

Ihopeithinkiknow · 23/05/2024 22:03

@Lilacwall

We would probably be a nightmare together 😂 yeah I have tried to reign it in as I have got older but sometimes I really cannot help myself and I want to give myself a slap after

Devilsmommy · 23/05/2024 22:04

Gall10 · 23/05/2024 19:50

My best & worst trait is the fact I’m always right 🤣

Are we the same person? 🤣🤣🤣

MuthaHubbard · 23/05/2024 22:06

Thighdentitycrisis · 23/05/2024 19:46

I interrupt all the time

Same - interrupt/talk over people. Keep telling myself not to and stop for a while but always creeps back

Oblomov24 · 23/05/2024 22:11

Intolerant
Selfish
Pedantic
Lazy

More probably!

stayathomer · 23/05/2024 22:13

When I’m nervous about seeing someone I talk absolute rubbish to them and show myself up🙈

I’m also horrendously disorganised

Thighdentitycrisis · 23/05/2024 22:16

@MuthaHubbard
I cringe and hate myself and simultaneously judge others for resenting my interruptions !

DaisyHaites · 23/05/2024 22:19

Gall10 · 23/05/2024 19:50

My best & worst trait is the fact I’m always right 🤣

I was going to say I can’t be wrong, but I like this one better 😂

There is a running joke in my family that I’m always right and everyone should just listen to me in the first place. It’s both a burden and a blessing.

But it means that my identity is tied up very closely with being always right and in the very rare instant that I am wrong, it’s like a challenge to my very being and so I struggle to accept it 😂

Alalalalalongalalalalalonglonglilong · 23/05/2024 22:20

I'm quite greedy, really mean with food and hate sharing. If I go and buy myself a bar of chocolate I really resent that I am expected to offer a piece to DH or kids. I'm quite generous in other ways though.

It took 40 years for me to stop being envious of others. I would fixate on one thing in a person's life that I was envious of and beat myself up over it. I've realised life throws curveballs at everyone and no one is on top all the time. I've also realised it came from a place of being extremely self critical. But sometimes i still get that little stab of jealousy, I can't help it.

adviceneeded1990 · 23/05/2024 22:29

Interrupting. And inability to control my facial expression when others are being stupid 😆 I’m working on it!!

TakeThePain · 23/05/2024 22:45

I lost a lot of weight and it's turned me into a vain twat. I'm trying to be better about that.

echt · 23/05/2024 22:46

I lack charity, and jump to the worst conclusions, though the latter only affects me as it all stays in my head.

PotholesAnonymous · 23/05/2024 22:53

fluctuating empathy

veryblunt · 23/05/2024 22:54

Im scared of everything and everyone no one would ever know if they saw me i keep it well hidden.
And i work with alot of men.

PotholesAnonymous · 23/05/2024 22:54

. . . oh and I can't remember the details of anyone's families

user1471453601 · 23/05/2024 22:58

Gall10 · 23/05/2024 19:50

My best & worst trait is the fact I’m always right 🤣

But, but why would you think you were wrong? Thinking I'm always right is a fault I've been accused of by my Mum for most of my life.

But why would I think I was wrong? If I did think I was/ have been wrong, then I'd change my mind. That's commen sense.

I've been wrong in a number of things, and when I've come to that conclusion, I own up to being wrong.

and then I'm right.