What normal thing are you shit at?

[QueenOfOversharing]

When my brother was learning to drive, he drove better in reverse - I have no idea why, or if it's a "thing", but he was utterly shit at driving forwards! 😂 obviously he can do it now.

I can't use a curling tong, or blow dry my hair using a brush & drier. I can't coordinate my hands to do it. In my mind, I feel like I'm going to look in the mirror & look like Farah Fawcett, but every time I look like Jimmy Saville.

What normal thing do you struggle to do?

There are a lot of us dyspraxics about, even the ones who don't realise it...

Multi-tasking. When it comes to stereotypes, I'm a man.

Scones. I've tried several times, & they came out like biscuits every time.

Life!
Never got to grips with it after leaving school. Somehow managed to muddle through university and a couple of postgrad qualifications, moved abroad, got married, bought a house, but now no husband (death not divorce), house paid off (by me alone) but no pension, and nothing much to look forward to and no plans of any kind, other than to keep working for as long as I can, although not that motivated either. I think I am just having a bad week, but it all seems overwhelming at the moment.

I'm sure I have dyspraxia but learnt over the years how to minimise this a bit : I was terribly clumsy as a child. I can multitask but get accused of being a bit chaotic.
I do struggle with some things but I've learnt how to cope with it. Took a long time.
I wish I was more crafty and could draw or paint.

Household organisation( I just don't know where to put stuff away)

Cracking eggs. Genuinely, cannot do it without getting shell in the egg every time. I have to crack them into a cup first before adding them to anything so I can fish the bits of shell out.

@AwdBovril sounds silly, but you are using self raising flour and not plain flour?

Concept of geography.
Dp, DD and various friends and colleagues have great fun asking me capital cities of places or just 'well known' cities. I just spurt out the first thing that comes into my head.

Very outing...my friend once asked me the capital city of Belgium. I was stuck. She said 'think of a vegetable.' I spurted out avocado!

I just can't get it. The only Capital Cities I know are London, Paris, Douglas and I will never forget Brussels!

Living... socialising... being likeable

Tin opener some are OK but others I have to hold strangely as left handed... Looks very odd
Can't sing...
Remember names
Spelling.
Languages

Making friends.

I’m not nasty or anything - don’t gossip, not spiteful, none of that stuff. I’m just much more comfortable staying away from people, it suits me 😊

@Zisforstripyoss

Hold the egg in one hand over a bowl.

In the other hand hold a knife, turn it over so you are still holding the handle but the blade side is pointing to the ceiling.

Give the egg a good wallop with the knife, put the knife down and crack the shell in two.

If you do get egg shell i the egg use a bit of shell to take it out, for some reason egg shells escape fingers and spoons but seem attracted to other shells.

Yes I cook a lot of eggs.

omelettes

Boil eggs.

I’m a perfectly proficient cook, can sling an amazing roast together no problem, but my boiled eggs either come out like snot or bullets.

I hate bras and have to do the front fasten them swivel thing. The hooks are a nightmare to do. Bikini tops the same (although I haven't worn one in decades , in public anyway!) they have been worse ways of doing up that confused me as a teen!

Very outing...my friend once asked me the capital city of Belgium. I was stuck. She said 'think of a vegetable.' I spurted out avocado!

😂😂😂😂🥑🥑🥑

Scones. I've tried several times, & they came out like biscuits every time.

My mum swears the trick is do not handle them much. She gets the dough & folds literally 4 times. That's it. I'm still shit at them, it much better since I tried that. @AwdBovril

Spreading butter on bread