I have a black thumb!

But I think that is about the only thing that I wish I could do and enjoy.

I can't sing, dance or play an instrument even though I've always wanted to. I can't grow parsley - pretty much any other herb or veggie is OK, not parsley. I can't swim, and I have a pool and live in Florida. I freak out when water gets on my face (but not in the shower) (??) and if my feet don't touch the bottom. I can't make good fried chicken even though my Mom made it all the time and I watched, can't do it.

I so wanted to be one of those people who could speak several languages. It turns out I have no natural talent for picking up new languages. I can't sing either. I have a good ear for music and can pick out melodies on the piano, but my vocal range is about three notes. The herb I have trouble growing is dill.

I am with Kathy, I kill every plant I look at. Cannot save them to save my soul.

Ritaweeda, I read your response quickly, and saw " and if my feet don't touch the bottom., I can't make good fried chicken..." I really had to think about that!

Let's see,cannot swim,we live on ocean and have a pool. I have never jumped off the diving board. Went down slide once but had on a life vest. Promise you it felt like I was underwater forever before I bobbled up. Have never been in ocean above my ankles. Cooking,my mother made the most amazing stewed potatoes, just potatoes cooked in water, then she put little flour and bit of water stirred over . Mine taste like glue. Hers tasted heavenly. Just a simple dish.

I have a number of unattainable skills:

Sewing

Jogging

Losing weight easily

Choosing good men to marry (1 at a time, but still...)

Understanding men

Skiing

Ice skating

Playing a musical instrument well

Speaking a foreign language well

Repairing computers, and other technical stuff

Walking in very high heels

Ooooo, I forgot that one! I cannot walk in heels at ALL! I'm tall enough anyway,no need for such foolishness.....

That's what I tell myself anyway.

Never could do a cartwheel even though I was once able to master a handstand.

Not much of a dancer. Forget singing and musical instruments.

Jogging is a no and running is a big no. If you ever see me running it's because a zombie must be after me.

I kill plants. DH shares the trait. He once killed an aloe plant. It took us 5 tries to get a geranium to grow in our front yard.

Hand sewing.

Hair styling challenged.

Have to be singing. I love, love music..have it playing constantly....love

all kinds (except High Opera). Have it on every device known to man. (well,

a lot, anyway) have old 45's, vinyls, tapes, etc. .....but cannot carry a tune in a bushel basket. Certainly an extremely unfair turn of events LOL. But, if

I am completely sure I am alone...I still sing along with it all.

Can't carry a tune.

Can't dance.

Speaking Spanish...more than a few words.

Night diving. I shake like a scared child. (But I do it)

Can't take a compliment. People tell me to just say "thank you". (Happened yesterday)

Working construction at heights....OMG. Scared!

Arc welding. When sparks fly ;afraid my hair will catch fire. lol

Petting an Ostrich. Had my fingers bitten as a child. lol

Never could whistle, never could roll my tongue. Last year I even looked up youtube videos of "how to" and tried and tried; nope, still couldn't do either one.

I could never fry chicken properly and now don’t really want to.

I can grow lots of thing, but never could get dill to grow. No good with roses either, but hey, this is the humid south where it’s hard anyway

I love to swim, but cannot do scuba. Kills my ears and I don’t like it much anyway. Snorkeling is ok.

Foreign languages? Forget it. I can speak a few words in a few, but could never master any.

Anything to do with crafts/sewing/etc. I can sew on a button or repair a seam, but that's about it. When my children were young and had to do any sort of art project for school (dioramas in shoeboxes and the like) I would get supplies for them and tell them they were on their own because "Mom is craft-impaired".

Never could make mashed potatoes the way Mom did. I watched her and she showed me so many times, but hers came out smooth and fluffy and mine always came out...as my brother called them...brick mortar. You could stick the fork in and pick up the whole mess at once!

I can't make a cherry pie for the life of me. I make the perfect pie crust, put the fresh cherries in the crust with sugar and some flour. Doesn't matter what filling recipe I use the pie never turns out. It has been suggested for me to make the pie filling first. The other day I took some premade tart shells out of the freezer and drefrosted them, opened a tin of E.D. Smith cherry pie filling, my cousin filled the tart shells for me, then I baked them according to the instructions on the tin. Of course they didn't turn out. I even took them out of the oven early and the filling was like stretchy glue. haha I will stick with using cherry pie filling on my toast. I give up on making a filled fruit pie. I do make a wonderful lemon meringue though

While I love to cook, no matter how hard I try I cannot make the fried chicken that my mom and grandmother did. Crispy out the outside and tender/juicy on the inside, if word got out that either of them was making fried chicken unexpected dinner guests showed up.

Other than that, I can't sing a note, so I greatly admire those who can.

I also don't know how to sew, but that's more because no one ever taught me. I'm sure I could learn.

Learning another language (specifically Spanish ) is something I'd really love to do, but I have no talent or ear for languages despite having had private lessons given to me by a Spanish teacher friend. I keep trying and I know a lot of words, but I don't think I'll ever be able to converse in Spanish on even the most basic level.

Oh, and I'm also not athletic, at least not in team sports. I was a pretty good bowler in my time and I manage not to hurt myself when doing my morning yoga/aerobics/weights workout.

:-)

Thought about it this morning, as I was putting on my glasses. I can get a brand new pair and within a month or two, there's a scratch. Then another. Then another. Yes I'm being careful, it just happens :-(

Can't or don't like? I took swimming lessons as a child, hated it and quit as soon as I passed the test. But swimming is good for you. So I have tried to like swimming many, many times in my life. I really dislike it. When I told my brother, who enjoys swimming, he said, "No big deal. It took your ancestors millions of years to get OUT of the water." Now when people invite me to go swimming, I tell them, "Thanks, but I'm a land mammal."

I can sing and dance and love to swim. I definitely can't play an instrument. I can speak two languages but have not been able to learn Spanish which has been the third language I have been trying to learn.

The big invisible talent that I would like to have is learning to de-stress. Other people have found their way of de-stressing but I have not after many tries. I have tried every type of meditation and mind relaxing techniques over the years. I just have to go hide until I calm down. Obviously sometimes I'm not able to do that.

I love fried chicken but haven't had much experience with making it. Of course after you said that you couldn't do it I had to go down the rabbit hole. This video talks about what people do wrong when they try to make it. Have no idea if all of what is said is true.

https://youtu.be/Izs0Yl_eLmI