What’s a weird, totally hidden or undefinable talent you have?

[Anonymous]

I seem to be a magnet for people, especially in stores or in public bathrooms.

I will go into a huge super-store at an odd time of day when there may be 20 shoppers total in the place. I'm looking at a very obscure item and within a minute or so, someone will arrive, stand at arm's reach of me and will be looking at the same (or similar) item.

Same in clothing stores. There may be one or two other people in the store but lo and behold; one of them will wind up standing RIGHT NEXT to me at the rack I'm looking at, which is a specific item and specific to my size (not a general sale rack).

Not much better in public bathrooms. For example, I go into a large highway rest stop and there is NO ONE in there when I get in. Every door is swung open and every stall is vacant. I go into a stall (say #16 of 20 in a row) and inevitably a person will come in and take the stall right next to me even though mine is the only door closed and it's obviously occupied. The person next to me often starts off their session with a grand release of gas and groans. WTF!

My DH used to laugh when I told him this but now he knows it's something odd that happens to me. He has even seen it first-hand in the stores and is mystified that it happens as often as it does.

[Anonymous]

^ Of course this isn't really a "talent" but it sure seems to be unusual

[Anonymous]

I seem to be a magnet for people, especially in stores or in public bathrooms.

I will go into a huge super-store at an odd time of day when there may be 20 shoppers total in the place. I'm looking at a very obscure item and within a minute or so, someone will arrive, stand at arm's reach of me and will be looking at the same (or similar) item.

Same in clothing stores. There may be one or two other people in the store but lo and behold; one of them will wind up standing RIGHT NEXT to me at the rack I'm looking at, which is a specific item and specific to my size (not a general sale rack).

Not much better in public bathrooms. For example, I go into a large highway rest stop and there is NO ONE in there when I get in. Every door is swung open and every stall is vacant. I go into a stall (say #16 of 20 in a row) and inevitably a person will come in and take the stall right next to me even though mine is the only door closed and it's obviously occupied. The person next to me often starts off their session with a grand release of gas and groans. WTF!

My DH used to laugh when I told him this but now he knows it's something odd that happens to me. He has even seen it first-hand in the stores and is mystified that it happens as often as it does.

[Anonymous]

I am very good at picking up the exact number of cards that need to be dealt. We play all sorts of games so it's not the same deck of cards nor the same amount of cards to be dealt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a water witch. I can feel water underground. Not that useful nowadays but 150 years ago my relatives were in high demand for well digging.

Do you go crazy in places like New Orleans where there is water underground everywhere?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've found myself glancing at the clock when the time is exactly 9:11 ....has happened 100s of times 9ver the years.

Mine is 3:33 am, unfortunately.

SAME!

I can't tell you how many times I have woken up and checked my phone only to find out it is 3:33 am.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can have a 30 minute conversation with somebody and tell them exactly what they need to do to get their life in order. But most my conversations with people are more than 30 minutes, so imagine everything that I figure out about a person once I’ve known them for awhile.

Half the people love this trait about me and half the people despise it.

When my friends and acquaintances need help they come to me. I know more things about more people than I care to know. I’m very good at keeping a secret.

Because I have this ability, I spend most my time with people trying to completely ignoring all the signs because if I read all of them, I might not be able to be friends with anybody.

My husband also has this trait, but he never turns it off and he’s not friends with anybody.

I want to hear more about this!

I also want a reading from you. I think...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a water witch. I can feel water underground. Not that useful nowadays but 150 years ago my relatives were in high demand for well digging.

Do you go crazy in places like New Orleans where there is water underground everywhere?

Of course not. I said I know it is there, not that it bothers me. Water is neither good nor evil, it just is. It can do wonderful and terrible things, though, and should always be respected.

[Anonymous]

I have an exceptionally keen sense of smell. The good thing is that I can tell when something is baked or cooked perfectly by the smell. I can also figure out ingredients in cooked food.
The bad thing is that I can smell bad things without wanting to, like the odor of people's scalps when they haven't washed their hair in a few days.

[Anonymous]

I have internal GPS. I know what direction I am going and, if I’ve been there before even a long time ago, I can get there again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can wiggle my ears.

Also, I have this totally useless spacial memory and can remember exactly where I was sitting in restaurants decades ago and even longer ago in elementary school classrooms. This talent in no way extends to remembering where I put my phone or keys 10 minutes ago, however.

Your second paragraph is exactly me! I cannot find things in real time in my life (that’s actually my New Year’s resolution — to put things in their proper places) but I can remember where I sat in an elementary school classroom decades ago. I can remember where I was in a room when I had a particular phone conversation with someone decades ago, and on and on. I often think it’s a total waste of space in my brain.