Are there any skills you wish you could have acquired?

I am really surprised that I cannot think of anything. I can swim enough to keep afloat. Never wanted to play an instrument. I can get by in Greek, Spanish & French. I can drive, knit, crochet & sew reasonably well. I can certainly cook! I used to teach it.
The only thing is that I loved drama at school &I would have liked to act a bit.
We have a brilliant local am-dram theatre & we go to all their shows. I wish I had joined when I was younger . I couldn't remember the lines now. I have trouble remembering what day it is at the moment!!

I wish I’d learnt all those diy skills many men seem to take for granted.

Playing the violin. There were lessons every Tuesday after school but as my twin sister wasn't interested and she didn't want to walk home by herself I stupidly caved in. I would probably would have made the most awful racket but at least I would have tried. Have always regretted it.

For a long time I have regretted not continuing piano lessons. So much so that, despite being in my dotage, I am looking to treat myself to a decent keyboard. Good exercise for arthritic hands and a new hobby as I am housebound by restricted mobility.
And to all the ladies who have never learned to use a sewing machine I would say try a hand machine first and a simple guide to usage. It isn’t difficult and you will discover that with patience and practice it becomes easier and very useful.

I would have liked to have learnt sign language I decided recently to have a go at learning Makaton. It’s some thing I have seen on Children’s tv while helping with my little granddaughters. It’s very interesting and a helpful form of communication.

olliebeak I left school with one O level after passing all the mocks! Put it down to nerves. Did some again in my early 30s + two A levels and passed them.

I went to university at the age of 34. Met others there much older than me. Got a B.Ed Hons (2.1) . 'It's never too late'!

I would have loved to learned how to operate a JCB, also play the piano, and speak fluent Italian because it sounds beautiful. I spent a year at evening classes, but just couldn’t retain the words. Most of all I’d love to be able to recognise people having had prosopagnosia all my life, also known as face blindness. Some sense of direction would be good too.

I would like to be able to sing but the fact I can't doesn't stop me! I would also like to remember the words to songs but I am forced to make up my own.

I love music and singing BUT I just cannot make my voice produce an 'on-pitch note' - doesn't matter what I do! I can HEAR that it's wrong - but don't know how to correct it . Like everybody else, of my generation in UK, I learned to play a recorder at the age of 9-11 - so I can read music. I studied music to GCE 'O' Level - but failed on the practical paper as I couldn't play piano/violin or 'Sight Sing' an unknown piece of music. How I wish that I'd learned to play piano, violin or guitar when younger.

I also wish that I'd continued my battle with Shorthand. I tried twice to learn, and gave up at the same point on each course ....................... I just could NOT get past 'dipthongs'. I'm sure there's LOTS of you out there who know exactly what I'm talking about .

One final regret - that I didn't go to University. As a teenager, I had no confidence in my own abilities and didn't think I'd pass enough O-levels to warrant staying on for A-levels. As it was, I got 5 - with a bit more encouragement, I could probably have made it to 7, but 'C'est la vie'!

I was also thrown out of knitting and sewing classes at school. Wouldn't happen now. I learned to knit and crochet in my twenties thanks to a very patient aunt. Always wanted to learn to sew , when I retired I bought a sewing machine and booked myself into some beginners classes, followed by beginners quilting classes. Love it and wished I had taken the plunge earlier.

To swim properly, crotchet, speak French fluently, enjoy sewing! That is for starters!!!

It's never too late to learn. ~Think of that.

i wish i could play the piano

I am very practical and have many skills - cooking, sewing, arts and crafts, household chores but I've never lived on my own so decorating, fixing things etc have always been done by someone else..

Oh yes, and gardening skills, so that the flowers and bulbs that I carefully plant, following instructions, don’t shrug and go, “You've got a hope!”

I can sew, knit, do embroidery, tapestry and lots of crafts, but I never learned to crochet. Bought a 'How To' book a few years ago probably aimed at children, and know there will be numerous sources on YouTube/internet, but never have time to sit down and study them or the book! 64 later in the year - never too late to learn I guess!!

Ice-skating, my mother would not hear of my learning and I wasn't even allowed roller skates.

I wish I had cooking/domestic science lessons at school. We were taught sewing for 30 minutes a week but we were never taught anything else. I don't feel confident enough to go to night school as I do not feel it is safe to walk from the carpark to the adult education centre in our town. They have transferred a lot of the classes to other towns so it is difficult and there is very little offered in the daytime.

Swim. I nearly drowned as a child, my dad and uncle saved me so I was sent for lessons, but had panic attacks every time water passed by waist, so had to give them up. Going on hols and watching everyone in the pool having a great time makes me so jealous. My friends hubby was a life guard and tried to teach me on hols one time and I ended up in tears. I've just given up.

Speak French and learn a musical instrument. Oh and become a carpenter. Oh gosh...I can see this becoming a long list

Many, many things but in particular swimming and playing a musical instrument!

Speak French and learn a musical instrument. Oh and become a carpenter. Oh gosh...I can see this becoming a long list

I wish I’d learned to do plumbing. From our metalwork class at school, I only remember making a copper bracelet! Plumbing would have been much more useful.
Plastering and tiling. Self taught takes time and there’s no support or advice on the best way to do it.
Photography. I’m doing an online course at the moment on how to take the best pictures and using different lenses.

Gagajo - there are lots of easy patterns online. Depends on what you want to knit!

I would love to be able to arrange flowers. I have been to demonstrations, had classes, watched online, but to no avail.