Question:
Why do some people find vulnerability endearing?
Chelsea
2009-04-26 12:45:19 UTC
Like when people tell you that your vulnerability is endearing to them. What is actually endearing about it?
Four answers:
2009-04-26 13:04:35 UTC
I do in some people and then not so much in others. To me, I think a more vulnerable person is likely a highly sensitive person which is why they are so gentle and broken in the first place and in this sense they likely have very high ideals for humanity, for how we should treat one another and so I read into their vulnerability a whole set of noble, lofty ideals. I know they are probably the virtuous and have integrity where alot of people are swindlers. I am vulnerable but I am also very passionate in my convictions which is why I cannot stand cruel unscrupulous people. Perhaps a little intense.



If a man said this then he likely feels strong and manly when around you and finds this an attraction.
Vera Gabriele
2009-04-26 14:41:41 UTC
Actually .. if you remember Princess Diana.. the late Princess of Wales..the ex wife. of Prince Charles. who so tragically died at age 36 in Paris in that car crash along with Dodi al Fayet and the driver, the sole survivor was her body guard who was on the passenger seat next to the driver.. all others died.. including Princess Diana.. the Queen of hearts.. and people said they didn't know how vulnerable she was.. and they liked it... they meant with regard to her love for the children in the hospitals, about other peoples suffering but also how it made her vulnerable that the paparazzi were hounding her.. she wanted to have a place where she could just be herself.. and to be always in the limelight.. and photographers everywhere.. that made her feel vulnerable. and her Brother Charles.. who read the Eulogy in Church... he held a speech which brought out the vulnerability of his sister.. Lady Diana.. and people listened to him as he was angry at the press and that she was vulnerable.. and when he finished his speech.. the people outside the Cathedral could hear all that was said via a big screen and they could hear his speech and a roar of applause started outside the cathedral when Lord Spencer .. the brother of Lady Diana had finished his speech.. it was so loud that the people in the cathedral heard it.. and they picked it up and started clapping as well so that the sound of clapping went all the way from outside along the Nave of the church.. back to the place where Lady Dianas Coffin stood... yes.. people like innocence. They like people to have the human touch.. to also be able to show weakness... that makes a person more real and more human...at the same time.. if someone shows vulnerability to the wrong people.. that can put them into danger.. but to be vulnerable is to be human... a person who is vulnerable.. is also likely to be compassionate toward others.. so it is a likable quality.. unless someone is too vulnerable.. then if the wrong people know that... this vulnerability can become exploited....

They said what they liked most about Diana was her vulnerabiliry.. she was a Princess but she made everyone feel special, she acted by showing human emotions. It is normal to be vulnerable, sometimes vulnerability gets exploited by others.. but the opposite of being vulnerable is being like a person who walks over bodies to get what he or she wants .. and that definitely is not endearing.. It is good to be able to show vulnerability at least with the people one is close to.. otherwise they don't get to know the real ''you'' some pretend to always be strong.. that is putting on a farce.. that is to protect themselves, but it's not reallly them, because deep down we are all vulnerable and some dare to show it openly and some hide it behind bristles of steel..

In this video Chris de Burgh explains that what they loved most about Princess Diana was her vulnerability.. and we all have it... we all can be hurt emotionally or physically. I had a wonderful teacher when I studied to be a care worker, she was an extrovert and well liked and a good care worker but she also showed her vulnerable side. She showed her emotions and she didn't mind having some tears in her eyes over something the class did on her birthday or when we said goodbye because we passed, she had tears running down her face and that endeared her to me.. I would not have liked her like this if she had acted without showing emotion and send us on our way, not showing us that she had cared and that she would miss us... for such reasons, yes it is endearing to be a little vulnerable because deep down we all are... but some hide their vulerablity and then we cannot figure those people out and we forever guess what their real personality is like. and those who never show vulnerability at all, also will not really have that many people who like them or who care if they are there or not.. so people with vulnerability are usually the ones who are more loved..xxx One example.. if you ever watched ''The Bachelor and ''Dancing with the stars'' Melissa Rycroft.. she is vulnerable but she is a good dancer, she shows her emotions.. and she has a lot of fans... she is well liked...but she also has talent and personality but vulnerability as well xxx

.xxhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz6zDFTCN3A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj_zrFOOW9s
Marina
2009-04-26 12:53:01 UTC
It evokes parental, caregiving feelings that are gratifying.
2009-04-26 13:04:34 UTC
we need to be needed.


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