Simple adult things you can't do.

[TrudeauGirl]

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?

I can't open child-proof caps. Had to buy Calpol sachets for when DH works away as I can't get the bastard bottles open.

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.

Even though I'm not a leftie I might try that

Had to buy Calpol sachets for when DH works away as I can't get the bastard bottles open.

Bastard bottles is now my new name for them.

I can't open a tin of corned beef or spam with them key things.

@KTyoupigeon no what is it?

I had a squint as a child and very poor vision in one eye but good in the other hence the lack of 3d vision.

Pretty sure I'm just clumsy otherwise

Another who cannot drive - although I wouldn't describe driving as "simple"

I can’t butter bread either. My OH has to do
it for me. If he’s not there, I make do with the butter just dotted randomly on the bread.

I can’t ride a bike.

I can’t use a dustpan and brush. No matter how much I brush, there’s always a line of crumbs or whatever left everytime I lift the dustpan.

I can’t tell when meat is cooked without cutting it into halves to see the middle.

I’m 40 and cannot drive. I like the bus, so it hardly matters.

I cannot open wine or champagne with a cork in it.

ZephoBark
Tiny bits of milk at a time, try using a whisk, if you haven't already.

I can't poach an agh at all.
I can't judge how much pasta can actually fit in a person and boil the right amount.
I can't fit a new plug (much to my mums amusement).
Most importantly I can't get up into my own loft because I bought ladders that were too short and don't have the upper body strength that my DH does to hoist himself up the last bit.

Egg not agh

Remember a drinks order in a bar 🍹

Hold a knife and fork properly
Parallel park
Cut things into slices
Poach an egg

God there are so many things I can't do. I'm left handed though so I'll blame that!

Eat with Chopsticks.

I’m 60.

My hands shake plus I have bad eye sight.

I ask for cutlery every time.

I can’t get a cork out of a wine bottle, seriously if dh is away I have to buy a screw top or run round to my mil ( 5 mins away) and she uncorks for me

I can’t whistle

Yes yes to the bread thing!

I can't fry an egg, I've tried and failed many times. Luckily dh is an expert and happy to make fried egg sandwiches on Saturday mornings

I can't crack an egg without breaking the yolk, and childproof containers are beyond me..... I have to wait for my daughter to come round to do those. However, I can open the wine with a corkscrew, so all is not lost.

I cannot change a duvet cover. I just can't. Dp has to do it.
I can't drive
I can't cook poached eggs. Fried no problem
Cook steak. It's always a disaster.

I can not remember what day the bins go out.

I cannot keep white clothes white!!!!

Change a tyre.

Oh. I was going to smugly say there is nothing I cannot do, but actually, all our whites are off-white or now suncream stained.
I can't figure out how to use the electric screwdriver.
I don't iron (by choice though ).
I can't reach the top of the hedge to cut it but also can't reach the wall mounted ladder in the garage.

Parallel park (had a thread about it!)

My omelettes are.... interesting. I can however poach eggs.

The duvet cover change for me is like an Olympic work out. And yes to the fried eggs ...they are so hard to do!

I can't carve a chicken it is ridiculous I need Dh to do it