What do you like in the people you like?
I’m not talking about a list of adjectives, “oh, they’re nice and and thoughtful and caring…” because we all are. And we’re all less-than-nice and selfish and uncaring, too, at different times, to different people.
It’s not really about the niceness, the smartness, the funniness. Because so many people are those things. But that’s what we say, anyway. “Oh I like them, they’re really sweet.”
What is it that makes us like that? And then turn around and think someone else is too sweet, and someone else not sweet enough?
What is it that gives you that initial gut-feeling about someone? What is it that keeps you coming back to them? Or determined to avoid them?
We’re not just broad adjectives… so what are we to each other? And how do you describe that without those broad adjectives?
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Profound curiosity, an ability to seamlessly transition from the serious to the ridiculous, the ability to make surprising connections between apparently unrelated things.
I don’t trust instincts alone on matters of sweetness. I have to have a good gulp of someone before I will make up my mind how they taste. I like sweet people and umami people. I can take salty or sour people for a bit. Bitter people are a real turn-off.
The reason I enjoy the company of the people I like is because they stimulate me on some level. If a person can inspire thought, amusement, excitement, curiosity, passion or any other enjoyable feeling in me on a reasonably consistent basis then I will be inclined to keep them in my company more regularly. If that feeling is mutual (that is, I also stimulate them in some manner) then given some effort a friendship will likely develop, and potentially more.
You know, the people I like the most are the people that I can never quite put my finger on.
Sense of humor, their taste in music and or ability to play and instrument, and that they still go out and play a round of golf with me depsite KTA every time out! ;)
I have a lot of very funny, lousy golfer, great guitar playing friends!
Sense of humor, down-to-earth, can carry on an intelligent conversation, quirky, kind and genuine.
@mama_cakes—What a nice thing to say:)) It’s why I like you guys as well—
Their taste in friends :¬)
Creativity (in any creative discipline), compassion, depth of knowledge, analytical ability, and humorlessness.
Their ability to see through people, ability to synthesize new information in logical and profound ways, passion and talent.
Down to earth people and humility. I like people who are themselves and try not to be copycats of other people. I dislike drama queens/kings and disrespectful individuals.
Ways they reason must go along with mine,caring and always know my thought
Being`happy`whenever`am`with`them
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