I think, you get to a stage in life where you get comfortable with being who you feel you are.

You've survived all the knocks to your character and self-esteem over the years. You've realised that your maths teacher's assessment of you back in '79 wasn't worth the ten seconds of energy it took for him to actually TELL you !

And if you're lucky, you've put your life experiences into a perspective you can live with.
Therefore you go about life knowing that you're a reasonable human bean (yes, bean!) And anybody else's opinion of you is absolutely none of your business.

Gets to be less of a concern with each passing year

I'm just me,,always,,like me,love me or not,,doesn't matter to me,,don't care anymore..

Far too much, as I'm discovering on this website.

on some occasions for rare, singular instances of 'people'.

Do you think I care what people think of me? 😂

Not really. I am what I am and completely comfortable with that

just the ones closest to my heart

More than I should

Honest answer....yes, I do

no

Nope!

I'd just as soon not be hated if I can avoid it. But I don't lose any sleep unless it's someone [b]I[/b] really like. 😕