People Confess Which Lessons They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life

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Some people don't take in information as quickly as others.

Which is absolutely nothing to be ashamed or embarrassed about, nor does it necessarily reflect on one's intelligence.

Even so, we all can't help but feel the tiniest embarrassed when we've found ourselves a little slow on the uptake regarding certain pieces of information.

Be it a random fact of trivia that everyone knows, or even realizing there's a reason your parents were trying to instill a life lesson in you.

Being hit by a ton of bricks might actually be a welcome relief to the embarrassment that will run through your body.


Redditor akumamatata8080 was curious to hear the many things people learned much later in life than they probably should have, leading them to ask:
"What did you learn embarrassingly late in life?"

It's Hard To Love Others If You Don't Love Yourself

"Trying to treat myself as I would others."

"The ol' reverse golden-rule."- kageroshajima

Hey, It Worked!

"My grandmother had a clock that would break if anyone touched or tried to move it."

"I always found that curious."

"Then some time in my 30s my wife and I were talking and it came up."

"I was wondering how they moved it out of their house after they passed."

"As I was explaining, 'I think it must have had some delicately balanced mechanism or something that would be disrupted if moved...'

" My wife’s face made me quickly realize it was just a lie told to young me to keep my dirty clumsy hands off of it."

"Also, I’m an engineer."- P-eh-triot

Do We Ever Really Grow Up?

"There's no such thing as 'feeling like an adult'."

"I'm 34 and still forget I'm an adult sometimes lol."- scelestai

Hey, It's Not For Everyone...

"Riding a bike at 15."- Graehaus

Naturally Imposing

"That my height shapes how people perceive what I say."

"I'm a 6'4 male with a deep voice."

"I learned it at 40 when I had a boss who was 6'6."

"I was suddenly aware of my own height and the power position, looking up to him."

"I realized pretty much everyone is looking up at me, and I began smiling more and asking people questions about themselves to reduce the power implications of my height."- ClydePincusp

Easy To Get Tripped Up On Exotic Spellings

"How to say the last name Nguyen."- TD-Eagles

Though It Wouldn't Surprise Many If She Did...

"Martha Stewart does not own Martha's Vineyard...."- valhalla-at-your-grl

Shouldn't Be The Case... But Sadly Often Is...

"Hr is there to protect the company, not you."

"Hr is not your friend."- Puzzleheaded-Mood689

Just Focused On The Wrong Possibilities

"It never made sense to me that we would go under tables during an earthquake, because wouldn't the ground crack open?"

"The table wouldn't do anything then?"

"Wasn't until last year I realized that it was to stop debris from falling on us."

"Smh."- whats_yesterday

Easy To Get Tripped Up On Math...

"4% of 25 is the same as 25% of 4."- cdn_gooner

A Penny Saved...

"The importance of saving money or buying property early."- wetpickle_antichrist

Too Many People Need Reminding Of This Every Day...

"Who I am is more important than how I look."- Lazy-Thanks8244

Oral Hygiene Is Tougher Than You Think

"How to brush my teeth."

"I was super neglected as a child so that is something I've always struggled with and even after going to a dentist for 2 years and having exams every 4 months I only learned last month that you need to brush your gums."- HersheySquirtz2014·

"I learned that we're supposed to brush both sides of our teeth."

"The inner side needs to be brushed as well."

"I saw all of the commercials just showing them brushing the outer portion so I assumed that this is the way."- FaTes-EnD

Your Life Is Yours To Live!

"That I don't have to become a mother if I don't want to."- detective_kiara

Needless to say, should you find yourself making this realization in certain company, you might be met with jeers and laughter.

But as the saying goes, "slow and steady wins the race".

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