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To be fed up of being crap at everything?

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Doggyday123 · 03/11/2016 10:14

Think maybe im having a moment today but i feel pissed off at not being good at anything i try.
I cant swim
Cant ride a bike
Do my job well i think but there are certain skills within it that ive struggled with. Some skills i still havent fully mastered when new comers pick them up straightaway.
I recently took up driving and as a mature pupil i went in to it very positively. Hoping to pick it up quickly. (Unlikely). Well i was utterly rubbish. So rubbish that after two months of regular lessons i was still unable to go onto a proper road. I was driving round in circles on an industrial estate as couldnt control the car enough to go out on the roads. I mean thats spectacularly bad isnt it?
My instructor was encouraging and he said everyone learns at a different rate,but please!!
I kind of laugh off my lack of skills but i think maybe people see me as a drip.
I stood at the bus stop this morning laden with bags while women half my age whizz past in their cars. I feel ashamed of myself.
Is anyone else as useless as me?

OP posts:
Mamatallica · 05/11/2016 16:12

Thanks for this, it's made me feel a bit better. I'm sick of feeling like a freak did not being able to drive. I'd love to but health and finances have never allowed it, other people struggle to grasp this, the way they say "you can't drive?!" like I've made some horrifying confession. It's not like I ever ask for lifts from anyone but my husband, I'm quite independent thanks. I can't draw, sing or sew either but no one seems shocked at that. Appreciating my tits more after this thread though! Grin

ItsJustNotRight · 05/11/2016 16:15

Mama be grateful - my tits are non existent too!

FarAwayHills · 05/11/2016 16:23

It has made me feel normal reading this - I've found my people. Admitting that I don't drive and seeing people's horrified reactions has become a great source of shame for me. I think it would be easier to tell people I have a 3rd nipple or that I used to be a man.

Mollymoo78 · 05/11/2016 18:45

I can't drive, or ice skate, or cook very well. I can't bloody blow up balloons either! You wouldn't believe how many times I've been asked to do that either! I also have issues with cellotape Grin

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