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What makes you feel stupid??

In my last post I asked a question about money.  I always get frustrated because talking about finances makes me feel like such an idiot.  I never know what the right thing to do with our money is.  When it comes to saving for our kids educations (529's etc), stocks, bonds, investing, 401k's.  It is one area in life that I feel so uneducated on.  I just make sure I pay my bills on time and keep saving.  Other than that I feel clueless.
I need to take a class or read a book or something.  Any recommendations on how to smarten up about money issues??

What makes you feel stupid???
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Re: What makes you feel stupid??

  • I feel pretty stupid about clothes - I really have know idea what's "cool", I pretty much just wear what fits and is comfy. Half the time when people on here are talking about certain types of boots, etc., I'm like "huh?" and go off to google.... L-)
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  • I learn best through experience and doing things myself. Reading about it or having someone tell me about it does nothing for me. 

    I suck at math.
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  • I totally feel you on the whole money/finances thing! I'm so fortunate that DH is a rock star about it all (his parents are BOTH certified accountants... really fun family, heh heh) because I'm clueless. It's probably the #1 thing that makes me feel useless and incompetant. 

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  • I have another one - politics. Except I don't even care enough to feel stupid about it.
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  • Politics. History. Science. Geography. DH is a whiz with this stuff. I just space out feeling guilty that I have no idea what the dates of certain wars are. I used to be really good at Biology but I forgot virtually everything after college.
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  • I'm so terrible about remembering people's names. Or I'll get 2 people mixed up and call one by the wrong name. Mostly this happens at school. First it was the office staff. And it happens sometimes with Lydia's classmates' parents. I know everyone now but it took a few months to get everyone straight. Anyway, when I call someone by the wrong name or simply can't remember their name, I think about the awkward conversation over and over for days and cringe every time. Sucks!
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  • hokies94hokies94 member
    edited April 2014
    Politics.  I have a passing knowledge of the issues but this is one area that I am definitely lacking in both interest and knowledge.   I live just outside of DC so politics come up all the time.  I probably should read up on this but I have absolutely no desire to.  
  • @dmartin726 I really liked Smart Couples Finish Rich.  I can't remember the author's name, it's David something I think.  
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  • History. The facts just don't stick in my head, at all. I retained very, very, very little of even the basic stuff we learned in elementary school. On the same note, I guess - other countries...both their current affairs and history.
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  • Math and science. I don't REALLY want to understand though.
  • I am 36 and learned that Narwhal whales are real a few years ago while watching a documentary on Ocean life

    I seriously thought they were mythical creatures for a long time.  
  • @dmartin726 I really liked Smart Couples Finish Rich.  I can't remember the author's name, it's David something I think.  

    David Bach. Love his books.
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  • I'm not good at understanding financial stuff, reading contracts, understanding even basic health care stuff. I have no idea how anything mechanical or structural works.

    DH is good at all that stuff. But he doesn't know anything about design or art, music, general culture and asks for help pronouncing words sometimes. So we help each other out.
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  • Statistics. Funny story, I did two shots before I took the final for that class and went in with a "fuck it" attitude. I memorized a bunch of equations and as soon as the test started I wrote them all down. I spent the entire test just putting numbers into equations until I had few enough variables to solve one.

    No idea what any of it meant. Got a B. Either I brilliantly BS'd my way through that test or no one else understood it and there was a significant curve.
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  • Math and grammer rules.
  • Reading my posts with grammatical and spelling errors lol! I try to type to fast on my phone. Also, DH is crazy smart. He is a rated chess player, works in research, could name every classical music piece ever. I feel ignorant when we are the symphony with friends and they are all excited about some piece of music. I'm all, can't we see the one with lord of the rings music lol?
  • KateMW said:
    Math and grammer rules.
    I see what you did there.
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  • Also, office stuff. Salary negotiation, PTO negotiation, etc. I really know nothing about it.
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  • Math, reading maps, science, & remembering peoples names.
  • caybehcaybeh member
    edited April 2014
    Crafts and artsy stuff. I like the idea of crafts, but its just not how my brain works.
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  • Engines.

    Also math and science. I did well in them in school, but once I got to college and finished my requirements it all fell out of my brain. That makes me feel lazy more than stupid though.
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  • Politics, advanced math, mechanical stuff, some financial/insurance stuff (though I've learned a lot, esp. after talking to MIL a lot....she's an insurance wizard, I swear). I feel like I'd understand easily enough if these topics were explained to me, but I have a general lack of interest in learning them, so it's not knowledge that I seek out.
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  • NandaB said:
    everything? lol. I grew up thinking I was smart. smarter than average even, turns out I was just a good reader, who completed my work quickly, which got me through elementary school. It did not, however help me in Algebra.

    I am also really fascinated and dumbfounded by science. Space in general really just amazes me, but  am not smart enough to understand shows like The Cosmos. I am smart enough to know I am stupid when it comes to that.
    This show definitely makes me feel stupid. We are watching it as a family and I am lost at least 50% of the time (yeah, I'm being really generous with this number). My husband likes to discuss it afterwards with the kids and he remembers everything the show talked about and elaborates on what he thinks is most important. I just sit in my recliner, smiling and nodding with my knitting needles clicking away.
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  • Finances and math. I suck at them.

    Also, eating healthy and cooking. I have no skills. I have to look up how to hard boil eggs almost every time.
  • @magentawarped I seriously looked up how to hard boil eggs every single time for the longest time. Finally found a method that works great and memorized it lol.  Eggs in pot, cover with cold water, bring to a boil, let it boil for one minute....remove from heat, cover, set timer for 12 minutes and then they're done!  Cool them off in cold water and that's it.
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  • AimeeL85 said:
    @magentawarped I seriously looked up how to hard boil eggs every single time for the longest time. Finally found a method that works great and memorized it lol.  Eggs in pot, cover with cold water, bring to a boil, let it boil for one minute....remove from heat, cover, set timer for 12 minutes and then they're done!  Cool them off in cold water and that's it.
    Shoot. I have just been boiling them for 10 minutes.
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  • AimeeL85 said:
    @magentawarped I seriously looked up how to hard boil eggs every single time for the longest time. Finally found a method that works great and memorized it lol.  Eggs in pot, cover with cold water, bring to a boil, let it boil for one minute....remove from heat, cover, set timer for 12 minutes and then they're done!  Cool them off in cold water and that's it.
    Shoot. I have just been boiling them for 10 minutes.
    If it works and you remember it, keep doing it!  
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  • Sports, specifically how football works. Really complex financial/math stuff (hedge funds, stock market, economics, etc).
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  • Math, politics, cooking :)
  • I liked the david bach book too.  since I read it we have saved 3 months of living expenses and I have been feeling much less stressed about money.
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  • World geography, taxes, and frackin' insurance stuff. UGH.
  • Oh yeah, and cooking. I can bake like nobody's business but I'm the worst cook.
  • Money issues - I get the basics, save, save for retirement, don't spend more than you make, etc. past that, I'm doomed. I had to call about one of my accounts and ask a question today and dh gave me the question to and and I told him I was going to have no idea what the person said. Thankfully the broker was very nice and explained it to me really well, but I was still trying to transcribe evey word. I repeated it to dh and he was all yep, that's exactly what I needed to know. Great, I'm glad it made sense to you.
    Politics. As in, I intentionally got a D in that class because I couldn't stand it and knew that was the lowest I could get and still "pass".
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  • KateMW said:
    Math and grammer rules.
    I'm also a horrible speeler. ;)
  • Anything that involves creativity or an artistic eye.  I can say that I don't like something, or do like something, but I have no idea why.  It causes tons of arguments between DH and myself when I can't explain why I don't like his newest decoration or design.  All I have is "It just doesn't look right"  We had an interior decorator come over and she went through the house and could explain in great detail why things were/were not working.

    As for creativity, Pinterest is my friend.  I cannot think of creative activities, art projects, or crafts on my own.  My mom and DH can both walk into a store, see a vase, and see 20 fun and interesting uses for it. I see a vase.

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  • Ug. So much. World news, now that I don't consistently keep up. Everyttime I try to I find I'm just so lost. Money management of any kind. I try to be involved but it's just over my head. Anything with numbers, actually. I've never been officially diagnosed but I'm pretty sure I have dysgraphia- similar to dyslexia but with numbers.
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