If you could get scout badges (or guide) for adult life, what would you get

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If scout or guide badges were given out for adult life skills - which ones would you get?

I reckon I could pass 'making a good cheese sauce' and 'advanced excel skills'.

• Remembering birthdays and ages. (but would totally fail at the remembering names of new people I’ve met)
• Cooking for an army of people.(family of 6 with regular visitors, and have cooked for camps/retreats before so making a meal for 30 people doesn’t make me even bat an eyelid)
• Ditto to baking for an army. (But would totally fail at using up frozen leftovers - they ALL end up in the bin 6/12mths later )
• Craft skills/hand writing skill for any age on demand - I am highly skilled at making a poster/project/homework look like my kid did it. (But would totally fail at producing a PowerPoint presentation - when that’s the set homework they are on their own)

I've got my Expedition badge. I was dead ambitious. I went for Across Town And Back On Public Transport With A Newly Potty-Trained Small Child And A Breast-feeding Baby, Doing The Shopping, Changing the Library Books and Getting Home Without Earning Any Sniffy Faces From Smug-Pants AIBU Types.

But I clearly fall at using title case consistently. Sorry about that.

I already have my crochet badge.

I'm working towards my 'Teenage rebellion at 40+' badge this year. I have just been trying to decant a very bulbous lump next to my nose piercing and it now looks like a baboon's arse.

I’d get advanced catching of wasps. DH is allergic and occasionally I’ve had to catch ones that have got inside like the one that flew into the bloody kitchen the other day.

Another advanced level finding things - see also remembering where other people have put things.

My dc tell me I'm very good at making risotto and cleaning up poo so I should get badges for those. I still need to work on my "getting rid of dead thing the cat brought in without screaming" badge.

Such an exciting life I lead

Going without sex drugs alcohol for 10 years

Drugs? Damn autocorrect..

I'm not an alcoholic.. it gives me stomach ache oh gawd

I'm in Denmark and there are quite a lot of badges for if you do something everyday for a year - eg wear your necker, wear shorts, sleep in a sleeping bag. I would get a Watching Peppa Pig badge.

Advanced procrastination.
Biting off more than I can chew badge.
Expert child negotiation skills!

If it were Girl Guides:

Adult Human Female badge

I’d like to think I’d get the being the best mum badge.
In reality it’s more likely to be the can juggle many things badge, or made it through the day keeping the kids alive badge.
I’ve definitely earnt my wine drinking badge.

Pretending to listen to another story about dragons badge
Tactfully telling the teen that her blue lipstick makes her look dead badge
Not losing my shit when the 6 year old draws on herself before school again badge
Putting up with DP being ill for the seven millionth time this year badge
Producing a passable 'roast' dinner from a microwave and slow cooker because the kitchen re-vamp is taking fucking forever badge.

I think I also get and extra set of stripes or summat for doing all of the above while six months pregnant and actually wanting the lot of them to fuck off!

I'd definitely have my folding fitted sheets badge.

Remembering everybody else’s birthdays badge
Sewing on badges badge
Watching children swim badge
Making satisfying meals from apparently no ingredients badge

This morning, I have earned my Broken Record badge.

@redexpat are there really?! Must make life feel like a bit more of an achievement than just getting on with everyday stuff :)

Lucysmum well wearing shorts everyday for a whole year in Denmark including -10 degrees is quite an achievement. One of our girls got confirmed in shorts!

@SuburbanRhonda I applaud you.

Shit shovelling

I’m ready to sew the following badges

Automatically knowing the location of any item DP is looking for.

Neat use of cling film

Chapati making

Keeping small people alive (DS is 13 now so I guess I'd get an advanced at that?)
Wine knowledge, natch
Not giving a fuck - you know that Scouts get progressive badges for the number of nights they spend away? We could have progressive not giving a fuck badges.

Double duvet changing (merit if no swearing involved)

Ooh I actually DO have one... hang on I’ll post a pic

I have a Queen’s Scout Gold award in Finding Lost Things, Functioning Without Sleep and Swimming Pools of South and West Yorkshire.