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Posted by Tresopax (Member # 1063) on :

Understanding.

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

Respect.

Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :

Respect as well.

Posted by MrSquicky (Member # 1802) on :

Big boobs.

Ok, that's not really true. They don't have to be big, just well formed.

Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :

Kindness.

Posted by aiua (Member # 7825) on :

Respectful/Intelligent humor.

Posted by digging_holes (Member # 6237) on :

Mercy.

Posted by Fusiachi (Member # 7376) on :

Sincerity.

Posted by Treason (Member # 7587) on :

Sincerity

Posted by Treason (Member # 7587) on :

! Fusiachi beat me! lol

Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :

What, there can be only one?

Posted by jexx (Member # 3450) on :

Being comfortable in their own skin--regardless how wrinkled it is. [Smile]

I'm still working on being comfortable with myself.

Do you think it is true that the traits one most admires in others are the traits one is striving for oneself?

*penalties for overuse of the 'pretentious pronoun'*

Posted by Jeni (Member # 1454) on :

Bravery

Posted by camus (Member # 8052) on :

integrity to self, to beliefs, and to the ones that are precious to us.

Posted by pfresh85 (Member # 8085) on :

I'd say a tie between honesty and integrity (mainly because there's a link of sorts between the two).

Posted by lem (Member # 6914) on :

SO, Fusiachi and Treason, does that mean you admire MrSquicky the most?
[ROFL]

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

I think it means that Squicky admires ME the most...

Posted by Treason (Member # 7587) on :

You wish Tante! It's ME he admires most!

(Don't click on that if you don't want to see my cleavage)
[ROFL]

Posted by Kitsune (Member # 8290) on :

Understand ftw. A person needs to understand the situation in order to respect, be kind and sincere, blah blah.

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Treason:
You wish Tante! It's ME he admires most!

Very impressive, my dear. But I can't post my impressive rack on the 'rack -- my camera doesn't have the wide-angle lens required.

Posted by camus (Member # 8052) on :

quote:
(Don't click on that if you don't want to see my cleavage)

...to see your ability to split apart? I suppose that can be a character trait. [Smile]

Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :

Thought for others.

(Squicky likes *me*. I bought some new bras on the weekend. 12E! Where do they get off being an E cup?!?)

Posted by Goo Boy (Member # 7752) on :

Integrity.

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

I wear a "V" cup, as in "Va Va Va Voom!"

Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :

This is the sort of pissing contest I'd like to see continue.

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

I put the "rack" in "Hatrack".

<puffs chest out boastfully>

Posted by camus (Member # 8052) on :

What about me? I have an XXL Mansiere. Okay, maybe I don't, but I still want MrSquicky to like me.

Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :

You're lucky Ralphie isn't around anymore to fight your claim. [Smile]

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

That would be an "E" cup. As in "ewww!"

Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :

quote:
I put the "rack" in "Hatrack".

You let Ralphie hear you using her line, you'll never live to see 3000 posts. [Razz]

Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :

Loyalty

Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :

Having just re-read my post, I should qualify that "Thought for others" is the character trait I most admire in other people.

I did not mean to suggest that my breasts should be a thought for others.

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Frisco:
You let Ralphie hear you using her line, you'll never live to see 3000 posts.

I won't live until the end of the week?

Posted by Treason (Member # 7587) on :

[ROFL]

imogen, that's what I thought you meant!

Tante- [Taunt]

spelling edit.

Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :

Tante, you've almost beat me! And I joined... 22 months before you.

Aren't your fingers tired?

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

Onanism?

Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :

*proper

I'm sure I don't know what you're talking about

Posted by The Reader (Member # 3636) on :

Respect. From my experiences, real respect for others shows that the person probably is honest and has integrity too.

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

Hey! Way to derail a high-minded thread!

[Wave]

<-- High Five!

Posted by Treason (Member # 7587) on :

Whoops... [Blushing]

Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :

Empathy.

Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :

I guess I could substitute compassion for "thought for others". I think it's more or less what I mean.

Posted by The Reader (Member # 3636) on :

Originally posted by Tante

quote:
Onanism?

Is that a good character trait, or the result of one?

Posted by lem (Member # 6914) on :

quote:
Hey! Way to derail a high-minded thread!

[Wave] <-- High Five!

And here I was about to suggest we needed more pictorial examples. [Taunt]

Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :

Of onanism?

You are sick. [Wink]

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

Being funny

Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :

quote:
You let Ralphie hear you using her line, you'll never live to see 3000 posts.

Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :

Patience and self-confidence

Posted by Olivet (Member # 1104) on :

Brilliance.

Even if they're a bastard.

Posted by Anna (Member # 2582) on :

I don't have a word for this.
The capacity to empathize with people, but to stay yourself at the same time.

Posted by Olivet (Member # 1104) on :

Just to clarify, there are things I admire in others that are not things I aspire to, so I made that distinction in my post. I don't want to be brilliant and mean, but I admire people who are brilliant, even if they are defective in other ways. I think you can find something to admire in almost anyone.

So I guess that is what I admire MOST - the ability to see the best in people.

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

quote:
Originally posted by lem:
I was about to suggest we needed more pictorial examples.

I believe that it is spelled "pectoral".

Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :

Honor. Then again, to me that includes most of the things mentioned here, maybe even all.

Posted by Treason (Member # 7587) on :

Except boobs...or maybe honor does include boobs..hmmm

[Big Grin]

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

My famous chicken breasts

Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :

Courtesy, regardless of the situation.

How a person treats a waiter or someone else in a service job is a very good measure of that person.

Posted by JaimeBenlevy (Member # 6222) on :

Perceptive and understanding. I love a person that could look at you, hear you talk for two minutes, and say exactly what you need to hear and understand exactly what you mean.

Posted by Treason (Member # 7587) on :

Tante! [ROFL]

I changed my mind. Forget sincerity, I'm in love with Tante's humor!

Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :

A mix of compassion and bravery.

Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :

Kindness and understanding.

NOT sincerity; too many people use that as an excuse to do anything. "But at least I'm sincere about it!" So what?!