If You Are Over 30 You Should Know How To Do Most Of These Things

My mom clipped off a part of her christmas cactus, which I grew up with and have fond memories of in our dining room. Gave a piece to each sibling to care after. My wife and I are both awful with plants and it did not survive, despite us being told that it would be incredibly hard to kill. Thankfully, our children are not dead yet and our dogs are doing well so we're not total monsters.

My mom stole grass from the beach (in which that specific beach told us not to do) and she kept it alive for a whopping 2 weeks.

No need to know how to look after pets or houseplants if you don’t intend on having any. Caring for the natural environment so wild species can thrive, that’s another matter

My cat is a pampered baby, but my plants all die.

Why? Why must I? I don’t want pets or plants. I have 3 children who I have managed to take responsibility for since I was 30, why do I need to add pets and plants to that?

No poll option for Yes.

I read every email I get, if briefly. Most get deleted, no need to keep them. Also: filters work.

I check my personal inbox about once a week to once a month, when I'm expecting a specific email. Similarly, I don't check the horizon for smoke signals or ride my horse down to the Western Union station to check for telegraphs anymore.

I share the cooking with my other half. We rarely get takeaway food or eat out.

I get leftovers from the previous night from the fridge or pull something out of the freezer. Also, option 3 applies but that still doesn't rule out option 1 or 2. (But I don't get takeout multiple times a month, that's not such a big thing here).

My wife does most of the cooking; I do most of the dishes. It works out.

My fantastic husband cooks. I hate all aspects of it. Except the eating part

Just came here to note how dumb as s**t this is. 80-year-olds are computer literate. Maybe not so much with cell-phone apps.... but yeah, the world has had 50 years to adapt to computers.

What does knowing Excel have to do with "knowing your way around a computer"?

I've been programming computers for 40 years. I think I know what I'm doing by now!

CCNP, MCSE AND CISSP to name a few pieces of paper on my wall. Bur, still cannot win the DOS Banana game

Hey, I'm learning Linux Mint. I guess you can teach an old dog new tricks.

There is no public transportation near me.

Where is the hard no option?

Around here, it is physically impossible to both use public transit and get somewhere quickly. I could bus across town but probably not back in the same day.

Public Transit? When my car leaves the garage, it's in public, so "yes"

I thought I was. I just got off a bus whose route was so convoluted that I used GPS and and old fashioned compass to get my bearings. I'm not making this up the replacement bus crossed the same road 3 times

I'm in my 40's and I hate small talk. I've never been good at it and would rather do almost anything else. Probably doesn't help that I'm also one of those people who is perfectly comfortable with silence. If I have something to contribute to a conversation I will but I don't feel the need to fill silence with talk of the weather.

Nope. I hate it and avoid it like the...pandemic

Personally, I'm OK with it. I've learned over the years how to manage but there is a limit.

I AVOID IT!!!

Never learned. Where's that option?

I can do it if no one is watching

My dad taught me how to parallel park in 1974 or 5. It's hardly rocket surgery.

Never learnt to drive. No desire to now.

If you can call jeans and a t-shirt a "style". ;-)

My fashion style- comfortable

My style is what my wife tells me to wear. I'm not good at style but she is.

My style is not buying any new clothes for 20 years yet I still have clothes I hardly ever wear.

I agree with Robert t

I have a general atmosphere I'm going for but this is our working and living space, not a showroom.

My home is approximately rectangular.

This is my happiness. Oh and my family

YouTube is my best friend at these times.

Google it

I call my wife and she comes down and fixes it.

I've fixed my dryer a couple of times, the washer 1 time, replaced a light fixture. I always replace burned out bulbs and and replace the light assemblies, wiper blades on my vehicles and check the fluids. My front steps needed new treads a couple of years ago. When we took the old ones off I sistered new stringers before putting the new treads on.

Tell the hubbs

I have a large collection of tools and power tools, and know how to use them. I am woman, hear me snore...I mean roar...