Hidden Super Powers

Up until last week I had no idea how to open those sealed plastic bags that chips and other processed foods come in. Every time I tried to open them they'd explode and the contents would fly everywhere. My only hope was scissors nearby, and that couldn't be replied upon.

It was embarrassing, so my whole life I'd avoided things that come in those bags for that reason. I'd never questioned why other people could open them so easily, and I could not. It was just a thing that makes people different. I don't get poetry, others do. I can reach things on a high shelf, others can't. I have brown hair, other people have blonde. Basic human diversity. That was a super power other people had, and I lacked. You just live with it.

I was complaining about this to my SO last week, and she grabbed a bag and showed me how to open it. I had no idea it was just a simple mechanical process. Basically a physical algorithm, with one step. All this time I thought it was an innate talent. And no one who knew the secret had bothered to tell me otherwise. (Although in fairness, most of them didn't know of my handicap, due to the avoidance thing)

This is just one more thing I have to thank my SO for. :) But it does make me wonder how many other simple things that make my life frustrating I could fix simply by knowing a thing.