Who ARE you???
By miamilady
@miamilady (4910)
United States
October 1, 2009 10:09am CST
I was asked this question recently.
I'm sure we've all heard this question in one form or another at some point in our life.
What exactly does that question mean?
I can answer "tell me about yourself".
But, who are you? What exactly does that mean?
If you were asked that question, how would you answer it?
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18 responses
@riyasbass (118)
• India
1 Oct 09
Me is something that has come to the world to change the world ,,Me is something which came to the world to reform the existing world,,,And i am the thing to revolution-arise or the beginner of all this changes...My believe is that even a single beggar can change the life of a billionaire like that i also have my own role to do ... that can be only done by me ... And i am mend for that,,,,,,,,,
@jillmalitz (5131)
• United States
1 Oct 09
At one point I would have said I'm a wife, mother and co-worker. I am a human being, a child of God. Now I say I am a woman who is looking forward to the future as an independent person.
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@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
1 Oct 09
I(f it was a stranger, I would answer "None of your G-ddamned business!" But if was a friend I would just say , "You don't know me by now?" A stranger will never get to know me by asking this question . But if a friend asked , it would hurt. I am not an open book but if this person and I have been around each other he/she so=hould know me by now. That question coming from someone I thought was my friend would really hurt.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
1 Oct 09
hi miamilady well I think I would say I am Mrs.Hatley, I am a senior citizen who loves to read, and write stories and novels, I am a computer nerd, and a compassionate kind person who worked most of her life as a nurses aide,then later as a page in a
library. I have had one son, I am now a widow, my son is fifty, and I am just another American citizen of senior age.
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@mentalward (14690)
• United States
1 Oct 09
Who am I? is a much easier question to answer than What am I?
I would probably respond with my name. That would be my instinctive answer to such a question. But, the way you typed that question, emphasizing the 'ARE', it reminded me of my grandmother's Myna bird when I was a kid.
This bird had quite a vocabulary and would always ask that question whenever I came into the room. "Who ARE you?" emphasizing that middle word, like it was baffled as to my true identity or thought that maybe I was someone other than who I appeared to be.
(This myna bird also said, "Oh, my Lord, the devil!" whenever my mother walked into the room. VERY unusual bird. LOL)
But, who am I? Popeye put it very simply: "I am what I am and that's all that I am."
@DavidReedy (2378)
• United States
2 Oct 09
Great question? Like all things in life, I believe it would depend solely on the circumstances of the particular moment...with the transitory nature of life, it could never be the exact same answer for any one person from one time period to the next...
Who am I? Confused, tired, sometimes lonely sometimes content, a student, a would-be scholar, a bizarre spiritual fellow, sometimes a tad liberal, sometimes a touch libertarian, sometimes rather conservative, I'm Caucasian and of Irish decent with German and Iroquois as well, I'm an American, a human, a job seeker, a retail clerk, a graduate, a bachelor, a would-be peacemaker sometimes and an antagonist at others.... A collection of atoms with a consciousness-for whatever that means?
Great question... How'd you answer it?
@miamilady (4910)
• United States
2 Oct 09
I'm still trying to figure out my answer. Thanks for asking! I might post it in myLot if I come up with something...
@DavidReedy (2378)
• United States
3 Oct 09
I think we're all still trying to figure that one out.
dr...
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
6 Oct 09
I am me...insert name here. I am daughter to my parents, sister to my siblings, mother to my children ex-wife to 2 husbands, ex-partner to 2 partners. I am cousin to my cousins, niece to my aunts and uncles. I am co-worker to my co-workers and friend to my friends. I am grandmother to my grandchildren and carer to my pets.
@think_twice (553)
• India
2 Oct 09
Offcourse at first I will introduce myself as a human being. Ok Don't mind. I am joking. But it is the most common question, I think. So the answer should be straight one explaining your name, place etc. But obviously it really sounds awkward when somebody asks this question? So I feel what happens to you when anybody asks that question to you.
@irene3184 (898)
• Philippines
2 Oct 09
I depends on the situation why people ask you this term "who are you" because sometimes there are some who disguise and suddenly text you and send forwarded message to your phone. I've tried it many times and I always send back a message of who are you.
@bettydeng5 (1822)
• China
2 Oct 09
Everyone come to the earth, it has the real meaning. If some one ask me who I am, I will tell them that I am a angel that god send me come to the land, let me help others, share my happiness to others, let they feel love in the world. it's me.
@excapevelocity (3)
• United States
2 Oct 09
That is a very good question. If you listen to how people answer this question you can get a lot of in site. How a person identifies themselves can tell you more than just what they vocalized. For instance if they say I am a Russian, Jew, you could assume their religion and nationality mean a great deal to them.
But back to your question, I think this is answered differently by eveyone, to some it will mean traits they have, to others it could mean family history. I think there are as many right answers as there are people.
May hap the right answer is:
"I am a human. With many unique traits and experiences that make me who I am. Unless you want my autobiography that will have to suffice."
@coldmoon (1088)
• France
2 Oct 09
I would anwser that I'm myself, with all the goods and the bads that I have. If I was asked by a hateful person, I would say that I'm a one who feel free to forgive what he/she does. If I was asked by someone I love, I would say that I'm the one that he/she can count on.
@ShirleyBillingsley (1544)
• United States
1 Oct 09
They want to know, "who your relatives are"; "where did you come from"; "who are your friends". In other words, they are trying to figure out where you fit into the picture.
@Lucky09 (1763)
• Philippines
1 Oct 09
hi miamilady^^;;
i am who i am and maybe different of who am i?
im Lucky09 here in mylot, a customer in a restaurant or shopping malls, a passerby in one's house or on streets, a boss in my own job, a sister to my sibling, a daughter to my parents, a lover to my partner, a friend to my friends, a citizen in my country, and a human in the whole race of creation.
and who am i will always remain a mystery to myself and my existence.