The question
How would you sum yourself up in three words?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's weekly The Q&A repeatedly uses this exact standing prompt.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Curious, kind and frustrating – because I ask too many questions.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 October 2025 source ↗
Tall, arrogant and loving.
Hopeful, egalitarian, overweight.
Fun, fab and fearless.
That I don’t give myself enough credit.
When I was younger, I signed up to a job agency and thought I would be doing secretarial work, but they assigned me to clean toilets in a factory in Oldham.
If somebody doesn’t want to understand or see you that’s on them. You don’t have to carry that with you.
I cry every day. Sometimes out of frustration. I do grieve my mum, so I allow the grief to sit until it’s not there any more.
If you’re a mother, you are embarrassing. Is that not just the way?
I tried my best.
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