# I think my SO (of the past few months) is a terrible driver

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 7, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-so-of-the-past-few-months-is-a-terrible-driver/1003837 "2024-07-07T15:09:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2024, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-so-of-the-past-few-months-is-a-terrible-driver/1003837/7 "2024-07-07T22:13:29Z")

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Here is another thread on the topic of Doper’s experiences of age-related mental decline. I’d forgotten about this one when I posted earlier :ouch: 🤦‍♂️

> [@Witnessing your own mental decay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witnessing-your-own-mental-decay/988436):
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> past 50 here… retaining names was never my strong suit … but I am slowly moving into “embarrasing” territory I was always really good in “ballpark mental math” (e.g. getting pretty close to the actual result of 72% of 450 … I am still better than most, but by no means as sharp as 15 years ago my english is sliding, too (not my 1st language) … sometimes a need to pause a second for a “there or their” check, etc… party amplified by a certain change in “not giving many fuggs” about my spelling di…

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