Women of Reddit, what random skill will you never be able to unlearn?

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1. Picking up things with my toes. My husband can not master this skill.

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4. I make really good eggs. How ever you want ‘em I can do. ‘Cept fertilized. I need help with that.

5. Threading a sewing machine.

   Cooking

   And probably most of my lab skills from 28 years as a chemist.

6. Walking away when someone verbally attacks me. My body won’t let me sit still.

7. I’ve been taught 12 step self defense of lightsaber dueling lmao

8. I roll the nicest blunt

9. Stop, drop, and roll

10. Adjusting my bra without anyone noticing lol.. Very useful indeed. Also, making dense, creamy yogurt from scratch.

11. How to make a fart silent 🤫

12. Knowing the calories to a lot of food items.

13. Threading a needle, how to manage a crisis, learning basic grammar (although I always have typos heheh), how to do first aid, how to do laundry and remove stains pretty efficiently, how to gently comb hair, how to look for lice, how to raise a child (no kids of my own but had 3 younger siblings, 3 older siblings, and raised a foster child), how to show love and support, how to pick and manage university courses, and how to size a bra.

    Probably a lot of things, not sure if all are directly tied to being a women but there you go!

14. Whistling… I can’t not even a little bit

15. I can write backwards as in you have to look at what i write in a mirror

16. Cooking and gardening. I can’t stop dealing either one. They’re both compulsive

17. I still remember a few 8 counts from dance recitals I learned 15+ years ago.