That’s so sweet I’m sorry for your loss

... put a cat down, just because you move? Seriously, I hope this sad excuse of an attempt to be a halfway human POS never had any fun in its life again. Fück these people, whatever treats some sentient living being, who likely loved that thing, like that doesn't deserve its feelings to be taken into account anywhere, and if, then only to make sure it hasn't any chance to have fun.

This makes my heart smile

Seems fair

Lol it’s like high school

... and did you get yourself checked out? Because if your wife didn't even remotely recognize the smell (and yes, she knows the normal smell), there might be something wrong with you, too.

Who cares if your dog is ugly. Dogs can be amazing and also ugly at the same time. You can't become a neighbourhood menace just because someone thought your dog was ugly.

Wholesomehole for the win.

🤣🤣

Bless your heart for thinking of the aged

Aw, I get why you did this. My mum died 13 years ago and my dad this year. I miss them both terribly every.single.day.

That's sweet!

This hurts.

Ahhh that's cute

Plot-twist, he did it.

Well now I'll never stop wondering what franchise that was and whether I've seen ET Ballsack.

a lot of times my to do list is things I have done. instead of a never ending list of demands... I am faced with a list of satisfaction ( and I can see I have actually accomplished a lot)

I answer my front door without my trousers on. The visitors quickly decide if I am someone they wanted to see.

I can understand this. I'd probably do the same.

Now there is a twist!

It would be seriously satisfying if someone filmed this. I'd email it to the prick everyday for as long as I needed to feel vindicated (or until the baastard had a mental breakdown - whichever came first).

This IMO has little to do with IQ. If you never learnt, you cannot do it. Good luck learning (says the woman who replaces the laces with elastics because she just can't be bothered).

I learned to properly tie my shoes at age 45. My step-dad taught me to tie my shoes when I was five, but I spent the next 40 years trying to figure out why they constantly came untied. I even asked several people over the decades if they tied their shoes differently, but we couldn’t see any differences in our techniques. It turns out that if a right-handed person teaches a left-handed child, and the left-handed child ends up doing the first part left-handed and the second part right-handed, that difference will be hard to spot, but it will make a terrible knot. Thank you, YouTube. Six years later and I’m still excited that my shoes stay tied all day long!

Working in education I have to explain to so many people that measured IQ and certificates do not transfer most of the time to common sense or life skills.

I didn't know how until I was in highschool.........

IQ is a useless measure anyway. Many smart people have trouble with tasks that require dexterity, ‘lived’ knowledge ( not found in books) and/or practice. Mostly either because they believe they don’t need that practice or their carers ‘forget’ to teach them how to do those tasks.

There’s a lovely guy Rob Kenney on YouTube who makes videos “Dad, how do I?” as his father left when he was 12

AAAAWWWWW....you never to old to learn, well done :)

I'm curious - did your folks emphasize academics to the loss of practical skills, or did they just wear slip on shoes?

Everyone says I tie my shoes backward. My Dad taught me, I watched him and did what he did. I guess it's backward because I was across from him, watching.

WOW - you had really sh*tty parents.

At least you aren't afraid to learn how.

I score great on that kind of test and didn't learn how to tie my shoes until sixth grade. I realized everyone had been teaching it wrong. The bunny goes around the tree but it does NOT go thru the hole. Im still mad.

One of the shortest TED talks is Terry Moore showing the correct way to tie round shoelaces so they stay tied. It will change your life! https://www.ted.com/talks/terry_moore_how_to_tie_your_shoes?language=en [I've shown scores of people all over the world how it's done and feel like I've made a small mark on the human progress.]

Life skills and book learning are totally separate things. Best of luck!

Sounds like autism to me. (Or some kind of neurodivergence) Don't get down on yourself for such trivial things. You are literally wired differently, and clearly excel at plenty of other things

I have to say, Ian's Shoelace Site changed my life

This is down to your parents and your early form teachers.