My dad is way better at car maintenance and handy work. Machines just talk to him.
My dad failed his 11+ so was sent to a technical school so he actually learnt how to lay a row of bricks or how to beat out lead flashing. He did end up doing a PhD in Physics but I suspect his early school years explain why he’s always been much more practical than me. My wife was a stage tech during uni so I’ll happily defer to her for joinery. I can just about solder a copper pipe or big pads on a PCB.
Passive aggressive-ism.
Motivate themselves into action.
Reproduce. And they were infertile
Change my nappy
Hit kids.
Driving. They were pros while I haven’t even dipped my toes into it.
Going to college, getting a good job after acquiring a degree, holding that job for decades, retiring, being able to afford a middle-class lifestyle.
Be an insensitive asshole
Handy work, talking to people, handwriting
My mom kept up with her friends from high school and college until she or they died, I cannot.
My dad was ridiculously smart, like could learn anything, keep a lot of knowledge in his head, could look at any idea and really consider it without believing or reacting to it, if that makes sense. I don’t have the same fearlessness.
My dad can keep a job better than me. He’s had like five jobs, each one for over ten years.
I’ve had like 30 jobs, and the longest for maybe 1.5 years. I’ve been fired a handful of times.
Somehow my father can just find a groove and stick with it. In me a dissatisfaction grows really fast and I waver on things.
same here and i think my parents got good at sticking with a groove because they had a family of 7 to feed, cloth, and house; meanwhile i have only had pets that don’t grow up to be shitty self entitled tweens.
Navigate without a GPS. Really, do much of anything without consulting the internet first. There’s a lot of stuff I’m better than them at, but that’s because I’ve almost never had to learn without instructions.
The “normal” stuff, getting someone to stay with them and marrying them, losing their virginity, living by their own, having kids. I will never reach any of that.
Never is a very long time my friend.
Have and raise children.
They raised me 👉😎👉
Also I’m not having kids.
Hi, are you me?
