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Name 1 thing that you think makes you secretly better/cooler than everyone else (lighthearted)

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Chicky6 · 29/12/2025 22:47

Just for fun!
One thing that I feel just makes me superior than most is that I am a twin mum. Can’t really explain it except that I feel like superwoman for growing 2 babies myself at once

one thing that will make me think you are cooler than most of if you’re left handed, no idea why, I just know I always wanted to be left handed when I was a kid😂

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Sugarnspicenallthingsnaice · 30/12/2025 04:27

tinylittlepiggy · 30/12/2025 00:10

Not me directly but somehow raised kids who adore each other.. just heard DD12 and DD16 shout "love you" to each other before shutting their bedroom doors for the night 😍

My sons (21 and 20yo) finish their phone calls like that and it makes my heart sing. I hadn't thought about it as a great achievement of mine until you posted, but now I'm going to claim it too!

Not least because they spent all of their childhoods trying to kill each other.

Lampzade · 30/12/2025 04:28

I can speak a few languages including Spanish and French .
I am most proud of the fact that I speak some Urdu . My flatmate at university was of Pakistani origin and I asked her to speak to me in Urdu. I am white ,so people are often shocked
I also worked with a Nigerian lady who taught me some of her language ( Igbo) . So I can understand some of this language .

I am a mine of useless information , so I would know who celebrities were dating , married to etc .

Lampzade · 30/12/2025 04:29

Sugarnspicenallthingsnaice · 30/12/2025 04:27

My sons (21 and 20yo) finish their phone calls like that and it makes my heart sing. I hadn't thought about it as a great achievement of mine until you posted, but now I'm going to claim it too!

Not least because they spent all of their childhoods trying to kill each other.

Yes me too
My DCS adore each other and it makes me very proud
We are a very affectionate family

HangryBrickShark · 30/12/2025 04:37

Being tall.

pollyglot · 30/12/2025 04:40

Until very recently, I had an encyclopaedic knowledge of the life of Augustus. AMA.
Then I decided to be sensible and to start writing books. Augustus is now a guilty memory and I have almost finished book number 6.
I'm also a brilliant teacher of languages. Not my description. A parent told me that they should erect statues to me.
However, I'm utterly hopeless at maths. Amongst other things.

k1233 · 30/12/2025 04:46

I'm ambidextrous. Can play games like pool, darts, tennis with both hands. Natural lefty for some things eg shuffling a deck of cards and using manual tools like a hoe or shovel. Also mouse left handed, but that was intentional for data entry purposes - right hand for number pad, left hand for mouse. Much, much faster.

I honestly don't give a damn what people think and am pretty ruthless at removing users from my orbit.

I am amazing at pictionary drawing.

Lesina · 30/12/2025 04:49

Dogs and horses become super chilled and calm around me.

k1233 · 30/12/2025 04:55

Youououou · 30/12/2025 01:34

Complete strangers, colleagues, and people who don't even like me find they are compelled to share very personal information with me. They are always shocked and never understand how it happened.

Me too. Went for medical scan recently, had a quick chat to another lady at the counter and by the time I sat down I had her medical and personal history!

Randos talk to me all the time. In a large group of pedestrians, they will beeline straight to me to ask directions and what not.

Also have 100% strike rate on the explosives security check at airports. Every single time I go through the scanners I get asked to step to one side for the stupid wavey wand. Irksome.

Animals also like me a lot. Wild or domesticated. Except plovers. Plovers and I are mortal enemies!

CockSpadget · 30/12/2025 04:57

I have been offered every job I’ve ever applied for.

Portugal1987 · 30/12/2025 05:03

Loved reading these!

I’m amazing at finding the positive in everything, I find a rock that looks mildly interesting and it can make my week. My mind instantly meets any life changes with new possibilities.

Also, I’m from a bike country and I’m obnoxiously proud of how chill I am on two wheels. I can ride without hands for 100m straight, and can transport anything on a bike, humans (multiple), chairs, TVs, groceries, another bike, anything.

DoneWithMen · 30/12/2025 05:15

I’m nearly 70 and my hair is still naturally blonde. I’ve never dyed it! I’m right on track with all the other signs of ageing, however. 😊

ItstoolateformeDaveyourselves · 30/12/2025 05:22

DustyMaiden · 29/12/2025 23:16

I never lose my temper, have never shouted at anyone. Children and animals come to me like I’m the pied piper.

I do lose my temper at times, but I don't shout, when it happens, I am quick to come down. Children and animals follow me like there is an arc somewhere.

Silverbirchleaf · 30/12/2025 05:27

I haven’t got any innate superpowers that I can think of, although did see Queen at Wembley back in the day. I think that makes me slightly cool.

DOCTORCEE · 30/12/2025 05:29

I completed a postgraduate diploma, a masters degree and a PhD all in the space of 6 years.

BeFastDreamer · 30/12/2025 05:52

I have a degree in Forensic Psychobiology. I don’t work in any remotely related field but I love that it makes me sound clever 🤣

NewBrightonEel · 30/12/2025 05:53

My granddaughter (11) said I'm the coolest nan ever on Christmas day - so I must be! 😁 My youngest granddaughter is ambidextrous.

Magpie50 · 30/12/2025 05:57

That I managed to be independent and own my own house and I've only worked full time for about 5 yrs of the last 35.
I get 5 day weekends every week....and I don't even have a posh job!😅

CoubousAndTourmaIet · 30/12/2025 05:58

I can knit complicated cable or lace patterns without using any stitch markers.

When I was 7, I had a reading age of 12.

AleaEim · 30/12/2025 05:59

like a previous pp, I come from an extremely disadvantaged area in Ireland, I had a neglectful upbringing and all of my immediate family live on benefits with some in prison or on drugs. I just turned out completely differently, I always had more ambition than them, it took me a longer than my peers to get to where I am now but I can proudly say, I’m completing a doctorate, own a property (although small) in London, I’m well travelled and I too just feel I can blend in to most situations. I can have conversations no problem with people from all walks of life. I seem to have a broad knowledge of the world and of people that others just don’t have. One thing though is I never meet anyone else who came from nothing, it’s so rare to meet people like me in real life. Most successful people seem to come from wealth, happy homes etc. sometimes that’s lonely.

I can also eat what I want without putting on weight

X123x321X · 30/12/2025 06:07

I hear music in my head that I've never actually heard in real life. I just have to think about it and it appears.

Idontknowanything123 · 30/12/2025 06:09

I am a twin mum and left-handed! You would love me, haha!!

One thing I like is that I am Canadian and DH is British; we met whilst in Asia. It's fun to talk about things we shared in common and tease each other on little differences. 😀

DH is also a leftie! We are curious if 1 Yr old twins will be left or right handed.

LifeIsTooFlippingShort · 30/12/2025 06:09

I have an insanely high boredom threshold for repetitive tasks at work. I can do the same thing at work repeatedly for hours and still pick up tiny errors.

willowstar · 30/12/2025 06:12

I am lead vocalist in a band. People in my day job have only just found out! Two very different sides of me.

Horses7 · 30/12/2025 06:16

I can beat the Chasers.

Raindropsontourists · 30/12/2025 06:20

Lardychops · 29/12/2025 23:02

I’m a twin mum
I can speak Spanish
During my Masters degree I was approached by MI5
When I was 18 I had a brief fling with someone is now mega star famous on the telly all the time -they were only 21 and a nobody civilian then.

Name change and tell us! 😂

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