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Simple adult things you can't do.

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TrudeauGirl · 15/07/2018 22:53

I have reached the grand age of 27 and I still have to have somone else slice non sliced bread for me. If I do try it ends up either wonky and uneven, or fat at one end and paper thin at the other.

Also every time I iron, the creases remain and I want to lob the iron at the wall.

What are some simple adult things that you still can't do?

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FriendsDontLie · 15/07/2018 22:55

I absolutely cannot peel an orange!

Inarightpickleandchutney · 15/07/2018 22:56

Load a dishwasher in an efficient and effective manner.
Put a pair of shoes back into a shoe box.
The bread thing too....

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TrudeauGirl · 15/07/2018 22:58

My oranges end up destroyed too and the only dishwasher I've attempted to load...didn't really look good. Grin

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ReevaDiva · 15/07/2018 23:03

Cut a cake into even slices.

MrsJoker · 15/07/2018 23:08

Neither of my two adult daughters can butter bread without tearing it, and get me to do it. I sometimes make an arse of it too. I’m 46

DaisyDando · 15/07/2018 23:09

I can't open a bottle of non-screw top wine.

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TrudeauGirl · 15/07/2018 23:10

Neither of my two adult daughters can butter bread without tearing it, and get me to do it. I sometimes make an arse of it too. I’m 46

Isn't it frustrating when you're three slices in and still have bread full of holes? Especially with "spreadable" hard butter

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GazeboLantern · 15/07/2018 23:11

Peel oranges. Sort of.

I didn't properly move out of my parents' house until I was 28 (I kept ping-ponging in and out until I finally bought my own place), and never ate oranges unless I was 'at home' and could hand the orange to my dad to peel! In my 30s, when I had toddler dc, I finally accepted that it was a skill I needed to master, so I bought one of these, and now I can do it myself Halo

(Still can't soft-boil an egg Blush.)

Celticlassie · 15/07/2018 23:34

I also can't cut bread. I can't whistle.

BunnyCarr · 15/07/2018 23:37

parallel park.

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TrudeauGirl · 15/07/2018 23:37

On the plus side I finally managed to cook a poached egg without the yolk splitting on me.

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ilovesooty · 15/07/2018 23:38

I can't do my bra up at the back.

LanaorAna2 · 15/07/2018 23:40

Can't produce plain boiled rice. I'm a severely good cook otherwise.

BelfastSmile · 15/07/2018 23:45

I can't load a dishwasher properly- I've never owned one, my parents didn't have one growing up, and I've never really needed to use them much, so I've just never needed to do it. I can only ever fit half the stuff in, and then someone who knows what they're doing comes along and rearranges it and it all fits nicely.

I also can't really make coffee. I don't drink it, so I rarely make it (we don't have a lot of visitors round either). I need to be talked through it every time.

GameofPhones · 15/07/2018 23:46

Other people seem to be able to manage getting curtains, but I always panic, get blinds installed instead.

spudlet7 · 15/07/2018 23:47

Can't cut bread or carve meat evenly.

Can't open wine without corking (I was a barmaid for 5 years Blush)

Can barely ride a bike

MollyHuaCha · 15/07/2018 23:55

I can't put my hair in a French plait/any plait/bun/pleat whatever.

Absolutely useless at hair dos!

Bacere · 16/07/2018 00:00

Is it because the blind fittings are already there gameofphones? Becuase i want blinds, panic and get curtains instead!

I can't whistle Sad then again i have plenty of wrinkles so stopped trying!

BillywigSting · 16/07/2018 00:05

I can't ride a bike at all or drive.

I have tried learning both but I have both no balance and no 3d vision. I can't really walk through a doorway without bumping into it either unless it's a very familiar one that I could walk through with my eyes closed.

I can't change a double duvet cover. I end up tangled up in it every single time. It's become something of a running joke.

steppemum · 16/07/2018 00:06

OP - are you left handed?

My ex bf couldn't iron and used to get so frustrated. I went to show him how one day and realised that our iron was effectively right handed, and was impossible for him to use, as the lead came out the wrong side.
We bought one with a lead that slid round from side to side, and set up the ironing board the opposite was round and suddenly he could iron.

hilbil21 · 16/07/2018 00:08

OP are you left handed by any chance?

hilbil21 · 16/07/2018 00:09

@steppemum

Great minds! I'm left handed and I'm rubbish at ironing, buttering bread, and peeling potatoes

KTyoupigeon · 16/07/2018 00:15

Billywig have you ever been tested for Irlens syndrome?

GameofPhones · 16/07/2018 00:15

No fittings, Becere. It's the measuring that panics me, fear of getting it wrong. With blinds, someone just comes along and does it all for you (Venetians),

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TrudeauGirl · 16/07/2018 00:18

OP are you left handed by any chance?

I'm not actually I'm just a very very awkward right hander. You should see my try to knit. Blush

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