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What basic simple thing are you sh*t at?

233 replies

Koicrap · 03/02/2023 22:51

I can’t cook rice. If you want rice you can cook it yourself. And I can pull together a roast from scratch and every meal in between without much thought, but for some reason, unless it’s in a microwave bag, I can’t cook rice.

I can’t cook poached eggs either but I feel I’m not alone there.

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KimberleyClark · 04/02/2023 02:45

Conceiving. 30 years of unprotected sex with DH and unsuccessful IVF.

Rifalo · 04/02/2023 03:02

Love this thread. I can't sew for shit. Or make Yorkshire puds

Lucylock · 04/02/2023 03:58

Booking appointments and returning packages.

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Stayingstrongish · 04/02/2023 04:27

Anything that involves learning by watching someone else and copying their movements:

Knitting
Crotcheting
Dance classes
Martial arts

At yoga sometimes I get lost with the ‘Pigeon’ hand twisting the instructor does.

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 04/02/2023 04:39

BearFacedCheekGrylls · 03/02/2023 22:56

Cling film. Exh wouldn’t let me touch it.

Get one of these,

www.lakeland.co.uk/7518/wrapmaster-foil-and-cling-dispenser

I've wasted a fortune on clingfilm before I got this!

aonbharr · 04/02/2023 04:59

cooking pasta! never know how much to put in. Swimming and also cutting hair, styling hair, hair tongs, hair straighteners, nothing works; and I could not get an fake eyelash to stay put for my life. I don't get how these youngsters do it, I am very handy, can fix most stuff electrical, wood based - but fecking eyelashes??!

Crumpetdisappointment · 04/02/2023 05:20

bake a cake
perhaps fairy cakes, anything larger and it just doesnt rise. have given up

Crumpetdisappointment · 04/02/2023 05:22

parallel reverse parking,
or just parking, miles away from the kerb

DimplesToadfoot · 04/02/2023 05:25

Opening a bag, I just can't do it.

I'm the idiot that used to waste 10 minutes at the supermarket checkout trying to open carrier bags, bin bags nope can't open them, I spend an hour opening poopy bags before I take the dog out as I could freeze to death in the time it takes me open them. My DS grew up, went to uni and left home before I could open a nappy bag I might be slightly exaggerating if anything is guaranteed to get my knickers in a twist its trying to open a bag

TwoPointFourCatsAndDogs · 04/02/2023 05:42

Double negatives in conversation. I use to think I must have been off school the day they were taught but now I realise I’m dyslexic.

Poach eggs in a frying pan, don’t swirl the water.

LindorDoubleChoc · 04/02/2023 05:55

Sleeping!

Being tidy.

Finishing jobs I've started.

Exercising.

AnotherWeekAnotherNamechange · 04/02/2023 05:59

Everything.

neveradullmoment99 · 04/02/2023 06:02

Poached eggs, baking cakes
and awful at pancake making

SouperNoodle · 04/02/2023 06:15

Wrapping presents. DH does them all at Christmas because apparently I have the wrapping skills of Mr Messy 😂

Following instructions. I have to be told them one at a time or my brain just can't comprehend what's being said. It's really embarrassing!

SouperNoodle · 04/02/2023 06:19

KimberleyClark · 04/02/2023 02:45

Conceiving. 30 years of unprotected sex with DH and unsuccessful IVF.

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Maraudingmarauders · 04/02/2023 06:24

Getting out of the car/front door. I always seem to have roo many things in my hands and get a bag strap wrapped around a door handle, drop my keys, headbut a car door etc etc. I dream of being coordinated

I also can't ride a bike.

I cannot do anything with my hair- especially plaiting it behind my head.

StrictlyAFemaleFemale · 04/02/2023 06:26

crackofdoom · 03/02/2023 23:34

Pumpkin carving. I have a craft- based job. Can make a good fist of most creative things (I've just finished making DS1 's birthday cake, and it's a corker). Yet I could not carve a decent looking pumpkin if my life depended on it.

You need the carving kit! Those tiny blades make curves much easier.

Goingundergroundagain · 04/02/2023 06:27

Directions and driving. However I am brilliant at parking, parallel and reversing into small gaps.

Crap at loading the dishwasher apparently.

Happysalley · 04/02/2023 06:34

I can't follow spoken driving directions with more than 2 steps.

End of the road, turn right = No problem

End of the road, turn right, up the hill, turn left, follow it round, take the third right and make a left = 🤯🤯🤯

It feels like my brain just switches off while the person is speaking.

evilharpy · 04/02/2023 06:35

I have the worst sense of direction in the world. It really is shocking. I frequently find myself lost and bless the day google maps.was invented. My husband thinks it's a spacial awareness thing but I'm brilliant at parking so that can't be right.

Goingundergroundagain · 04/02/2023 06:36

Happysalley · 04/02/2023 06:34

I can't follow spoken driving directions with more than 2 steps.

End of the road, turn right = No problem

End of the road, turn right, up the hill, turn left, follow it round, take the third right and make a left = 🤯🤯🤯

It feels like my brain just switches off while the person is speaking.

This 🤪

BananaSpanner · 04/02/2023 06:37

Are you really all bad at loading the dishwashers or do you just get told you are by men? I think I’m perfectly fine at it but my DH will open it, tut and rearrange a couple of things. When he is away, there is no rearranging and everything gets washed fine.

SunshineAndFizz · 04/02/2023 06:38

Spelling out loud.

I simultaneously have to write it down as I spell it out loud.

ScreamALullabye · 04/02/2023 06:39

Wrapping presents! I always always cut the paper too short or use a full reel off sellotape!

Lakeland do silicone egg poachers which are a game changer and a must in my kitchen!

Goingundergroundagain · 04/02/2023 06:40

BananaSpanner · 04/02/2023 06:37

Are you really all bad at loading the dishwashers or do you just get told you are by men? I think I’m perfectly fine at it but my DH will open it, tut and rearrange a couple of things. When he is away, there is no rearranging and everything gets washed fine.

Get told I am rubbish, he does rearrange things, maybe unnecessarily! Not rubbish at unloading it seems.

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