What random, mostly useless, thing are you surprisingly good at? (Jessica's is remembering the names of people's children. Mine is guessing when things were made.)
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I just gave Jessica a kids' name test. It was kind of scary. Her friend's husband's adult children by a previous marriage, that she's never met? No problem. It's impossible to stump her, because any kid whose name she can't remember, I can't remember the existence of.
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You must ignore the Christmas cards.
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haha what a nice skill to have!
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I have lots of things I’m surprisingly bad at (like noticing new vase of flowers on the dinner table where we just ate) or being able to see images in my head. My one son can estimate the temperature surprisingly accurately
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I share that with you. I once opened the front door and saw a new plant and commented on it. We'd owned the plant for 10 years but my wife had rearranged the room that day.
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could it be the case that she uses children names as a signal for parents’ characters?
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My girlfriend has the exact same skill. She’s completely useless as a team mate in a game of ‘Trivial Pursuit’ though. One of life’s little mysteries.
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Remembering the names of random startups and what they do.
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Do I remember correctly she has some sicilian heritage? Remembering other people kids names here is a matter of life or death in social interactions.
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How so? Very interesting
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My wife can name basically everyone she’s ever met or heard of. It’s a very impressive byproduct of a critical evolutionary characteristic for a social, story-telling creature.
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