Who is the most likeable person you know and why?

Richard Dawg Kins. I do not know why, but he just seems to be a nice guy.
Jon Stewart too.

I’m going real life here…I’ve had a friend since we were kids. We grew up together. She’s just a great person. Has lots of friends & is involved in many clubs & activities. We can just look at each other & start to laugh. Nothing has to be funny. We just laugh. We see each other as often as possible & we try to go out to lunch together every month. She’s just a dear, dear friend to me, & it’s fun to reminisce over old times from so many years ago.

My roommate E currently. She truly listens to people and is interested in what they have to say. That can’t be faked. She also has a very pleasant personality and is rarely down or sad or violently angry. Her natural temperament is even-keeled. She seems to follow the Way naturally.

I knew a girl in middle school who was very similar. No one ever had a bad word to say about her. It wasn’t that she was best pals with everyone, but she treated people like they mattered and if she was in a conversation with you, her total attention was on you. I think that’s the essence of charisma, right there.

Also, neither of these young women are/were negative or pessimistic, not even under the guise of “accepting reality”, but true optimists.

The most likeable person I know is my friend Z. She’s almost always happy and funny, and lightens up any situation. She has huge amounts of energy and this awesome, zany quirkyness. Normally when you think of an “I just don’t give a crap what people think” attitude, you picture a mean angry person, but this is just not so. She’s great at talking to all kinds of people and getting to know them.

my gf :) why??? because she is super cute :) also because after 17 months, she hasn’t kicked me out of her life yet!!!

My wife, hands down. She’s just the kind of person everybody likes. I think perhaps being married to me all these years has made her saint-like. Anyway, nobody dislikes my Becky.

I might be biased, but my boyfriend is uncannily well-liked, especially by gay men and middle-aged women. We have been in lots of social situations together and people just gravitate toward him. The best explanation I can think of is his sense of humor. He can make anyone laugh and doesn’t really on sarcasm or making fun of other people, just wit.

My cousin “M”. He’s a few years older than me, but the only family member I talk to.
We just started talking earlier this year, but he’s one of the nicest, most sincere people I’ve ever met. Everyone seems to really like him when they meet him too. He’s funny and pretty calm and his favorite movie is the notebook. girls love him so he’s just fun to be around.

Not to sound like I’m crushing on him, but he does have a great smile, like you mentioned. I think people who have welcoming smiles are quick to make friends.

Many years ago, I went to an event at the Field Museum here in Chicago. A group of Tibetan monks had come to create one of their famous sand paintings. Off to the side, a couple of monks were allowing visitors to try their hand at using the dispensing tools. One of the monks immediately struck me as the most open and compassionate person I had ever met. He treated each person in the long line with the utmost tenderness. His face beamed with constant and genuine delight. It made a profound impression on me and, from what I could see, all the other winter-bitten Chicagoans there. I didn’t want to leave.

If I had to say what qualities make someone like that, I’d say it’s openness more than anything. That’s a hard quality to pin down, but I think it boils down to giving someone your full attention, without judgment or agenda or wanting anything from them; for that moment, this person and their welfare is all that matters. I’m not sure how we sense openness in someone, but it does seem to be remarkably clear when we do find it.

My Granny; she rocks!

My mom. She is the friendliest, most generous, supportive, pleasant person I’ve ever met. How lucky am I :)

Everyone likes my boyfriend as well …everyone

@Facade Everyone hates my SO except other girls.

I’d have to say my boyfriend is the most likable person I know. Everyone likes him. There’s no reason to not like him. He’s nice to everyone, he never has a bad thing to say about anyone (and it’s not because he forcibly tries not to—it’s just not in his nature) and he’s just a fun person to be around. I liked him as a friend much longer before I liked him as a boyfriend. He always came off as kind of innocent to me.

@deni My mom is pretty likable too. :)

@AstroChuck Since when could 6-year-olds marry? This is ruining the sanctity of marriage!

I know two extremely charismatic people, one of whom is my Housemate (Going along with the lettering stylings of @aprilsimnel / @Haleth, he is my Housemate D). Another is a friend from high school, who I haven’t seen in a while, J.

Both of them are extremely extroverted (Perhaps, being an extreme introvert, that’s why I find them so interesting and charming), friendly and funny. Both are very into sports, as well.

The first time I met D (I found him via Craigslist, when I was searching for a cheap place to live near college) he just seemed to have a good aura, for lack of a better word.

@Sarcasm- I’m a very mature six year-old.

@DominicX Yay for likeable moms and boyfriends…mines up there too :)

I forgot to add my father to the list of people everyone likes. Everyone but me, ha!

@Sarcasm
since moses allegedly escaped from Egypt.

Me. Because I’m so humble.

@MacBean- With you and your humility and me and my modesty we totally kick ass!

I went to a friends funeral and 600+ people were there. He had a large family, and a lot of former students, but still it was exeptional. He was the sort who even if you knew him casually, he would treat you as a friend. He had widely varying interests and was a damn good story teller. He had kind a grizzly old grouch exterior but it was razor thin. Mostly he was just very genuine and present. I liked him immediately.

I have a really close friend who is the kindest and most lovable person I’ve ever met. His laugh and smile lights up the room, and he makes any event or gathering better. He would go to any length for any of his family or good friends. He never is involved in gossip or talks be hind anyone’s back. He one of the the most genuine people I know, and I cannot imagine life without him. Everyone who knows him, talks just as highly of him as I do.

My best friend/ex husband.
Ever since I met him as a teen, he’s everyone’s favorite person for his intelligence, wit, humor, quirkiness, attention to detail and compassion. He does all this without arrogance, bravado or scary intensity though he’s not “humble”. Somehow he just pulls off being a guy everyone looks at more than a few times, gravitates to, wants to listen to, wants to find out more about. I’ve seen him blossom over the years to open up more to others to share himself and try new things. There is something about him (it’s been proven so many times I can honestly say I’m not showing favoritism or bias) to where no matter what he learns, attempts or shows interest in- he’ll excel over the norm. He’s amazing to watch and confounding if he’s your rival. Gracious in competition, generous with his knowledge and time, I’ve only ever seen him act badly when drunk and playing Monopoly but I think that game brings out the greedy beast in everyone!

My mother-in-law. She is the sweetest, kindest, gentlest, coolest-tempered, most thoughtful, most positive, most selfless, most graceful, most humble and modest person I think I’ve ever met. You always come first around her. I guess she has to be to balance out my crazy father-in-law and their three crazy sons! She is truly beautiful inside and out. You can’t not like her.

My friend Chet. He commutes 2½ hours to work, and walks in with a smile, almost singing “Good morning everyone!”. He never complains. He always says nice things about people, and gives them the benefit.
The man is a jewel, or really good at hiding his drugs.

I have a friend that simply does not speak ill of anyone, at anytime. He does have a personality and a sense of humour, he just doesn’t say anything negative about anyone. I think he is probably the most likeable person I know.

Sadly, he can’t find a woman and he’s in his mid thirties. Why, oh why, do women go for the jerks???!!!