WHAT makes a person interesting?

[starjj]

Chuck's thread got me wondering WHAT do you think makes a person interesting?

Is it drama in their life?

Is it who gets the most responses?

Is it just the person that shares interesting threads or one that shares good responses to threads?

Personally I think it is a person that everyone wants to read not just because their life is all drama but they have things to share about their everyday life.

PLEASE don't name names

[EDDIE BUCK]

I think its more of what interests us. Whats interesting to me may not be interesting to you and vice versa.Whatever makes a person interesting to the most folks would be the most interesting. Just my 2 cents, Eddie

IMHO, "interesting" means someone whom you'd wish were your neighbor, your real-life friend..someone whom I would want to know more in-depth than online..someone whose postings make me think, "WOW..THAT's really a great idea." or.."WOW..this person is multi-talented "..

[Callieslamb]

I find people interesting in general.
To me, it is the way they handle life. Good times and bad.
Do they stick by their principles - no matter what ?
Are they polite to others even when they don't agree?
Do they laugh at themselves?

these are things that make people interesting to me.

[Ashtina98]

There's the type of interesting that you would like to know more of and then there is the interesting that you want to stay far from. Most of the folks here are interesting that I want to learn more about, there are a few that I've gone "what?" and decided to take what they post with a grain of salt.

As far as Chuck's post, I haven't chosen who I really think is the most interesting because there are so many people here who have interesting perspectives and lives.

[Tiempo]

Definately not drama..for me it's folk who have thoughtful, insightful views and ideas.

[Cara]

For me it's the ones who are silly/funny to cover up that they are smart and have good ideas...like Oggie.

Not drama....definitely not drama.

[Sonshine]

That's just the thing, everyone has their own ideas about what constitutes interesting. To me it would be someone who was insightful about things I'm interested in. Also, I find eccentric people interesting.

[mpillow]

Integrity--walks the talk
Comfortable with themselves (sense of humor, humility)
Has endured tough times---GRIT---and come through better for it
Does not push religious preference--or pretend to be Christian but writes judgmentally
Offers sound advice freely w/o superiority

Understands that homesteading/farming is far from romantic most of the time!

[wyld thang]

I used to clean for this one old man(who was neat as a pin and his pigpen daughter and her pigpen family lived with him in his house) who used to be a professor and played piano. He had LOTS of book on history and bios and classics. Anyways, we got to talking(I could tell he was very lonely because of the array of vid games in the "family" room--I asked him about playing the piano (which afterwards he'd play for me when I cleaned) and said I played clarinet and sax in orchestra and jazz through college and missed playing the music a lot. Then he asked why I was cleaning if I had a college degree. I said it was a lot of things(like having kids and staying home with them and life has a mind of its own sometimes), but that I enjoyed cleaning because it was active(I hate sitting on my butt)and it was our own business that gave us a lot of time for our kids, and I'd done a lot of different jobs(wrangler, graphic artist, ref librarian, day care kid wrangler/cook, fashion designer, toilet scrubber...MOM). Anyways, he said I was a "renaissance" person--and said I'll have an interesting happy life cuz I'm willing to try new things and not get stuck in one thing(and so far I agree). He said he'd always been a prof, which he'd enjoyed, but he said he gave up a lot of adventure and "interestingness" because he wanted to be secure and was focused on a scholarly career and tenure. He said now he was basically stuck with his books(and reaping what he'd sown with his daughter) and a life full of "other people's memories" out of books and research, and he's wished he had real stuff to mull over, like climbing a mountain or traveling more. He wasn't bitter though, just sad. And he was an interesting person too, I felt very sad his daughter was so blind and stupid towards him.

Anyways, just saying I took that to heart and I'm making a big memory bank to tell lots of fairy tales to entertain the other old farts in the nursing home I'll go visit when I'm 92 (and I'll dance on the table for them and wiggle my 92-year-old butt).

[foxtrapper]

Originally Posted by starjj

WHAT do you think makes a person interesting?

Breadth of mind.

[LandRover]

For me the most interesting people have never been the loudest in the room.

[Peacock]

I think that most people are interesting, if they are willing to let others see their true selves. Too many people in a place like this just show selected bits of their lives, or they feel they have a role to play which influences what they show in their posts. I don't know if I'm "interesting" from other people's points of view, but if nothing else, I'm honest. Maybe a little too forthcoming.