GTKY: Adulting Fails

kmcc14 · August 2015

Share something you should be able to do as an adult, but just can't. Just for fun, so let's keep it flame free.

kmcc14 · August 2015

I can't parallel park to save my life. I'll pass up pretty large spaces that any normal person would be able to use without a problem. It's kind of pathetic.

mrsgetz4000 · August 2015

Yup. Screw parallel parking. It's among the many reasons I don't drive in the city. Also, I can't make French toast. I have a culinary degree but I can't make French toast.

CaraBoonie · August 2015

I'm actually a fabulous parallel parker, not the brag, but it was about the only thing I was GOOD at when I first started driving as a teenager...the other parts...not so much...

I am a complete and utter slob. In college, my mom cried when she came to visit because it was so bad. I now have learned to clean 5 seconds before she shows up. I'm not unclean, it's more just cluttered, like my stuff is EVERYWHERE, and DH hates it but has given up and now HIS stuff is everywhere too. I'd get a maid or something, but maids don't pick up your stuff and put it away for you, I'd still have to do that part, which is the part I can't deal with. It's a miracle when you can see my floor. Other people are worried that they'll be bad at being a parent, my only worry is being too messy to be a good parent, I know I can deal with the other stuff.

nlwz123 · August 2015

Dumb one, but I have a hard time reading other people's cursive. I have no problem writing it, but for some reason I always turn into a child when I have to read it (especially if it's out loud).

sunnydlight · August 2015

Vacuuming/sweeping the floor. Have two dogs and it needs done every two days or you get to watch dust bunnies scitter across the hardwood and tile. I'm begging for a vacuum robot for Christmas.

mommachanner · August 2015

@nlwz123 you just reminded me of one...I can't write cursive. I haven't done it in so long that my writing looks like child who has just learned.

Also, I still use my fingers for basic math calculations (like trying to add something) and to tell the difference between left and right.

nackie · August 2015

My last name has a capital letter in the middle of it. My signature is just a squiggly line because I don't know how to write it in cursive

MaMinette13 · August 2015

I can't drive a clutch. Last time someone tried to teach me I ended up in tears. Now I'm just resolved that I will never know how to

Emott13 · August 2015

I can't cook. Literally. I burn canned soup. I somehow screwed up grilled cheese. Like, the sandwich literally just became a garbled mess. Don't even know how. My poor DD has gourmet meals cooked for her every night by DH, but breakfast has to be cereal and lunch is usually a piece of fruit, a cheese stick, and what started out as a well-intentioned PB&J. My mother gave me a cook book that's titled "how to boil water" and the first recipe is, quite literally. How to boil a pot of water. This is how bad I am. Thank God DH is such an amazing cook because I'm sure otherwise I'd be subsisting on frozen pizzas and fast food.

babybluu · August 2015

I'm also a very cluttered person. When I change my clothes they stay on the bathroom floor for like a week, I can never put away laundry. I don't leave like food out or anything nasty. I just can't clean like normal people. No idea why

kmcc14 · August 2015

@MaMinette13 at least you tried! I've never even attempted to drive a clutch. I'm assuming it would not end well.

JAGClark · August 2015

THE CLUTTER! Hubs and I are in the process of moving into our new house. We have a fair amount of boxes labeled "everything". I'm going to be in so much trouble. He likes to clean downstairs a lot. Like... everyday. So anything of mine that is "out" and not in a specific place, he throws in a box... hence the "everything" box.

No shame.

mrsgetz4000 · August 2015

I can't drive a clutch either. I really wish I could, I just have no coordination. My husband insists he only drives a clutch, so when something goes wrong with my car it complicates things. I don't blame him, manuals tend to be cheaper, better on fuel and a clutch is easier to replace then an automatic transmission. And a fraction of the price

Snoopylovesbelle · August 2015

I can't drive clutch, I don't remember how to write real cursive, and I don't remember how to do long division or multiply the real way.

nlwz123 · August 2015

Snoopylovesbelle said:

I can't drive clutch, I don't remember how to write real cursive, and I don't remember how to do long division or multiply the real way.

Definitely don't remember how to do long division anymore. The last time I used that was probably in the 6th grade.

cawalp · August 2015

Laundry. Lately I've had a problem with the dishes because the smell makes me sick but laundry will forever be my nemesis. It's not even dirty laundry, because it always gets washed even though we have to walk it over to another building in our apartment complex. It's the clean laundry that gets left in the basket until we take enough clothes out of it so that it's super easy to put the remaining 5 things away. It annoys DH but he doesn't do it either so it must not be that important

ashs88 · August 2015

@Snoopylovesbelle I am with you on the cursive, when we sent out invites for our wedding I had to Google a cursive alphabet to remember how to write certain letters for the envelopes. And the long division and "real" multiplication....don't remember anything, and I'm an engineer....thank God for calculators!

CaraBoonie · August 2015

@cawalp YES THIS IS MY LIFE TOO

l4rk · August 2015

I can't cook perogies. The last two times I've tried, parts of them are burnt to a crisp and the other parts are soggy. I probably just have to heat too high but now I'm too discouraged to even try. Didn't want to eat you anyway, perogies.

babybluu · August 2015

I can't peel boiled eggs without peeling 75% of the white away with the shell. My deviled eggs always look mangled.

mrhargr · August 2015

Emott13 said:
I can't cook. Literally. I burn canned soup. I somehow screwed up grilled cheese. Like, the sandwich literally just became a garbled mess. Don't even know how. My poor DD has gourmet meals cooked for her every night by DH, but breakfast has to be cereal and lunch is usually a piece of fruit, a cheese stick, and what started out as a well-intentioned PB&J. My mother gave me a cook book that's titled "how to boil water" and the first recipe is, quite literally. How to boil a pot of water. This is how bad I am. Thank God DH is such an amazing cook because I'm sure otherwise I'd be subsisting on frozen pizzas and fast food.

I have that cook book!

peppercorn16 · August 2015

My car is a HOT MESS. I have spare clothes, shoes, a box of ziploc bags (WHY?), receipts, enough bottled water to fill a bath tub, my husband's softball gear, a plastic bin of work supplies, some poster boards from an event about 6 months ago, a few umbrellas, and for all I know any number of living things that manage to hide under all that. Granted some of it is in the trunk, but I drive a hatchback type car so it's all really in one big mess. I think it's because it's the car I got when I was 16 so it's like the last piece of my teenage years so I keep my teenage habits along with it. My house stays clean and usually clutter free, but my car is so embarrassing I have considered getting the windows tinted so people I park next to can't see it all.

juneandboo · August 2015

@peppercorn16, I totally relate. Last time my mom was in the car with me, she commented that the backseat looked like "a homeless person's car." Thanks, mom.

juju0592 · August 2015

Attempted to make sugar cookies from scratch. Followed the recipe to a t. Grossest cookies iv ever tasted and my house stunk all night.

BabyRut2015 · August 2015

@babybluu try boiling eggs with salt in the water!

Helps with that problem usually idk why trick I heard!

UptownPearl · August 2015

I can't whistle

mommaSimpkin · August 2015

I can't drive a manual.
I can't write a Z in cursive.
And...
I still hold up my hands to see which one makes an L, to tell my left and right apart.

nanamp · August 2015

@CaraBoonie - You can totally find a cleaning lady who will put your stuff away and organize for you. It just depends on the person and whether they are good at it.

nlwz123 · August 2015

l4rk said:

I can't cook perogies. The last two times I've tried, parts of them are burnt to a crisp and the other parts are soggy. I probably just have to heat too high but now I'm too discouraged to even try. Didn't want to eat you anyway, perogies.

When I make pierogies I boil them first, then fry them in a pan. Definitely try to keep the low-low/medium.

shinyspade · August 2015

I can't cook... I can make the basics but I was talking to my sister the other day about Christmas dinner and how for the rest of my life she will have to invite me over and cook so my poor child doesn't go without.

My handwriting looks like a five year olds and I am an awful speller.

I use my fingers to count and to tell left from right.

I can't drive. I tried and hated it so have up.

I hate having to phone companies or book things over the phone. DON'T MAKE ME DO IT!

chopsnoni · August 2015

babybluu said:

I can't peel boiled eggs without peeling 75% of the white away with the shell. My deviled eggs always look mangled.

I just discovered that if you put a spoonful of bi-carb soda / baking soda in the water while boiling the shells come off really easily... try it!

chellechan1 · August 2015

I have several:
I'm a pretty good cook, and a cake decorator. I know my way around a kitchen. But I can't make pancakes to save my life, even from a mix. I also can't keep my house tidy to save my life. It's not DIRTY, just messy as hell. I'm a homeschooling SAHM, so my defense for that is just that we have too much going on at any one time for me to get it all done. And LAUNDRY! Can't manage that one either. Some loads get washed 2-3 times because I forget to switch them over.

kmcc14 · August 2015

nlwz123 said:

l4rk said:

I can't cook perogies. The last two times I've tried, parts of them are burnt to a crisp and the other parts are soggy. I probably just have to heat too high but now I'm too discouraged to even try. Didn't want to eat you anyway, perogies.

When I make pierogies I boil them first, then fry them in a pan. Definitely try to keep the low-low/medium.

Yes, this is how DH taught me to make them. Never soggy or burnt.

jtk4life · August 2015

mommaSimpkin said:

I can't drive a manual. I can't write a Z in cursive. And... I still hold up my hands to see which one makes an L, to tell my left and right apart.

I have to do this, too, sometimes! Especially if I need to know the left of something on the opposite side...I even put my husband's ring on the wrong hand during our ceremony!! :-O Whoopsie.

I have problems with meal times as well. I suppose I can cook, I can follow recipes but I'm not very creative and I usually have trouble coming up with a whole meal. Maybe I'll get the main part but then forget about the sides. I'm a terrible grocery shopper! I end up with too many snacks and incomplete meals.

cyanope · August 2015

I don't pump my own gas. I know how to. I just hate it so much, that I usually would let me gas tank go to empty, and then steal DH's car. So now he just does it for me. I got a new car over a year ago and I've only put gas in it once (and I made sure to send him a text complaining about it). There have been times when DH has gone out at 10pm to fill my gas tank so I can get to work the next morning.

hotvanilla · August 2015

babybluu said:
I can't peel boiled eggs without peeling 75% of the white away with the shell. My deviled eggs always look mangled.

This! I've tried everything "they" recommend and I just can't do it!!

Grace213 · August 2015

Not so much that I can't do something as an adult... more like I can't "human-being" because I can't swim. Failed 2nd level twice as a kid and never went back. Poor hubby can't swim either so no water vacations for us! Our babies will definitely be in swim lessons. At least give them a shot @ life.

mommachanner · August 2015

@cyanope Move to Jersey! You can't pump your own gas anywhere in the state!

CBWifey · August 2015

@babybluu add some apple cider vinegar to the water, like a splash, it helps eggs peel better! They usually don't peel easily the newer they are.

My fail is that I have to have the last word. I've been working on being a responsive adult vs reactive, but then it's like an inside competitive thing, I want to make sure my side got heard.

J3sp · August 2015

I was so proud of myself for 3 weeks I stayed on top of the laundry. Pretty sure first time in my whole life I washed, dried, folded, and put away. Then the pregnancy sickness came and went and still can't seem to get back where I was with laundry.

I have a mole on the inside of my left hand and that's how I know left from right. Most of the time if I don't want to check my hands, I have to pause and picture my hands and then I can go on.

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