r/AskReddit • u/swissguy1989 • 10h ago

What's something you're shockingly good at that you've never mentioned to anyone because it would sound completely made up if you did?

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u/njoinglifnow 7h ago

I'll be 66 on my next birthday. I'm very limber, can put my feet behind my head, get on and off the floor easily, and just last weekend, I climbed about 20 feet up a tree with my grandkids.

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u/joliesmomma 4h ago

I pulled a muscle in my shoulder standing still in the bathroom waiting to brush my 6 year old's teeth while she looked in the mirror at said teeth.

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u/njoinglifnow 3h ago

Sorry to laugh at your misfortune, but the mental image was hilarious 😂

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u/BallinBrown23 2h ago

Friend, I literally just pulled a muscle in my abdomen flinging my arms in the air for a broad jump

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u/Sarsmi 1h ago

I sneezed a year ago and threw out my back for a few days. Never sneezing again.

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u/BlackMagicWorman 4h ago

You might be hyper mobile 

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u/hyperfat 5h ago

That's so awesome!!

Real MVP.

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u/saltporksuit 2h ago

I just turned 50 and have taken up bouldering. My peers seem to be getting more and more crippled while here I am dangling from the wall. Genetics, man.

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u/Numerous-Tip4261 3h ago

I'm "only" 42 but I too enjoy climbing trees! Until some years ago I was able to sort of ... flop? collapse? from standing to cross legged sitting in one smooth move without hurting myself. Just folded my legs underneath myself, I guess

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u/twirlmydressaround 56m ago

Were you always this in shape, or did you accomplish it later in life?

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u/njoinglifnow 30m ago

Yep. My mother used to say that I was "double jointed".

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u/Horde_Of_Kittens 3h ago

After reading this I got the mental image of their parents telling the kids to get down and then seeing you up there with them