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What are you good at that nobody knows about?

68 replies

AquaForce · 20/12/2025 21:07

Just that really.

I can sing but no one knows and probably never will. I'm too self conscious to let anyone hear it.😢

OP posts:
Almostwelsh · 20/12/2025 22:52

I have an excellent sense of direction

Squirrelsnut · 20/12/2025 22:55

Accents.
Knowing the time, often to the minute, without looking.

ThePoshUns · 20/12/2025 22:56

After years of running can plan a route to the exact mile

unsync · 20/12/2025 23:01

I'm good at making plans. Executing them, not so much, but I have great attention to detail.

awrbc81 · 20/12/2025 23:19

Art! I’m a scientist so never draw these days but I was really good back in the day (good enough to have gone down the art college route if I’d wanted to)

FurForksSake · 20/12/2025 23:21

@switchoffplease 11700 😆

Trionly · 20/12/2025 23:26

Cheepcheepcheep · 20/12/2025 21:54

Great in bed.

Was expecting more of these replies.

DH and I seem really boring, sensible, 40 somethings.

It’s a great secret to have that we’re both (in the opinion of each other) amazing in bed.

Have colleagues who seemingly have to mention anytime they have sex with their partners. Can only assume they think I never do it.

Little do they know I’m having much better sex than they are. (I’m subject to graphic accounts so I’m pretty certain I’m a lot more satisfied than they are.)

Teenagequeenwithaloadedgun · 20/12/2025 23:27

Speaking a different language, no one other than DH knows i'm learning.

Dontlletmedownbruce · 20/12/2025 23:46

I have permanently warm hands and whenever my kids hands feel cold they request my service. They call me reverse Elsa. I can warm hands instantly just by touching. Doesn't work when I'm wearing gloves, which of course I never do because of my superpower. Other than my kids and DH no one knows, best keep it that way (conceal, don't feel, don't let them know etc etc).

catontheironingboard · 20/12/2025 23:48

AquaForce · 20/12/2025 21:07

Just that really.

I can sing but no one knows and probably never will. I'm too self conscious to let anyone hear it.😢

Me too. I used to sing to DD every night when she was small, but I’m too self-conscious to sing for anyone else!

FurForksSake · 20/12/2025 23:50

@Dontlletmedownbruce is your blood pressure ok? Nice trick but I hope there isn’t a medical cause!

Icantsaythis · 20/12/2025 23:54

I can memorise numbers really long numbers pretty much instantly. Eg read 100 digits long and I can tell you them back in the exact same order like in 30 days time - I have to know you want me to remember it though

Fgfgfg · 21/12/2025 00:01

Quite good at playing pool. One of the benefits of a very misspent youth.

polid · 21/12/2025 00:14

juggling. Very good at it

rainbows40 · 21/12/2025 00:20

switchoffplease · 20/12/2025 22:21

I’m on level 9000+ of Candy Crush 😳😂

Mother is this you? 🤔

littleburn · 21/12/2025 00:20

Shibari

uhtredofbattenberg · 21/12/2025 00:25

BinLorries · 20/12/2025 22:49

Milking by hand and blowjobs.

At the same time I hope.! 👏

Dontlletmedownbruce · 21/12/2025 13:39

FurForksSake · 20/12/2025 23:50

@Dontlletmedownbruce is your blood pressure ok? Nice trick but I hope there isn’t a medical cause!

Never considered a medical reason! Maybe I should. I have a thyroid issue and that can throw up some random weird symptoms.

Whatareyoutalkingaboutnow · 21/12/2025 13:47

I'm good at knowing songs from the intros, and can parallel park in the smallest of spaces. 🚗

SausagesAndBananas · 21/12/2025 14:08

I can juggle and do the rubix cube (slowly). I have a really good sense of direction and a fantastic memory for maps and places (but a useless memory for anything else). I can recognise individual dogs out of a group of the same breed but I struggle with human faces.

I used to be able to judge the temperature of a liquid really accurately, and read braille.

All linked to previous jobs.

DarkEyedSailor · 21/12/2025 14:09

I can tell what the time is to within a few minutes either way without having seen a clock for hours.

My pastry is wonderful.

I have another talent that I excel at but it's illegal and a leftover from my days in less salubrious circumstances.

13RidgmontRoad · 21/12/2025 14:34

Remembering routes / directions after doing them once.

Very good at what I'd describe as logistics/forward planning - if this then that will happen which will have knock on effects on a, b and c and therefore we need to put in place d, e and f unless g happens in which has h and i, but i will impact b so we need to do j - I'm often told I should be in charge of a country! I'm autistic and it's effectively an extension of pattern seeking/pattern recognition.

And it's incredibly bloody frustrating trying to get my point across/not being listened to when I know I'm right. Thank the good Lord for self-employment.

HelpMeGetThrough · 21/12/2025 14:41

Knocking one out.

RitaandtheTiarasgonewiththewind · 21/12/2025 14:53

readingisallowed · 20/12/2025 22:03

Play the national anthem with the spoons.

That'll be useful when King William imposes Royal cutbacks..as if🤣🤣

Silklily · 21/12/2025 15:08

I am extremely good at changing written documents, but I make sure nobody finds out about it.