What do you admire about your.....???? (wife, husband, children, friends)

[CaydenJ]

Describe some of the best qualitites or admirable attributes you look for/see in your close friends and(or) significant others.

[Mooseketeer]

Integrity ( ie someone who has principles and will stick to them even if to his/her disadvantage)
Kindness
Thoughtfulness
Intelligence
Intellectual curiosity
Great Sense of Humour
A Good Sense of Adventure
Tolerant
Someone who will stand up against injustices
Emotional Intelligence
Great Sense of Fun

[geeoro]

There are two people that i admire...My Wife and my Father. My Mother also before she died.
My Father has always been selfless and puts everyone first. He has had and seen tragedy.
When fighting in WW2 in the RAF, he came home on leave, his mother went out to queue for food for a special treat dinner, as my father had come home on leave. She fainted, hit her head on the kerb and died. My father was also one of the first in the concentration camps to relieve them from the Nazis...he still won't talk about what he saw. Even with these terrible experiences, and others, my Father has never lost faith in human nature. He is 87 and still drives a London Taxi.... Invcedible Man.
My wife was brought up in Alabama during the tough civil rights years. She saw Black children escorted to School by the national guard. She suffered abuse as a child that we can barely comprehend. Her mother was hooked on drugs and died when my wife was 4, leaving her to the mercy of her violent, perverted Father. Her ex Husband beat her regularly and commited adultry many times. Through all this, my wife is the kindest, most beautiful human being on this planet.
These are people to be admired not the big mouthed elitists who think their "Shi t doesn't stink"