Motors difficulties

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Anyone else with this? I don't have gross motor difficulties so much, but I have fine motor difficulties. NTs just don't understand how bad they are. For example, I can't "roll" spaghetti and this seems almost natural to NTs. They almost seem to LIKE doing it. They look at me funny when I say I can't roll it to save my life, for this reason, I usually have penne when I eat pasta. Also related to eating, I can't hold a fork in my left hand. My dad decided to show me an "easier" way to eat pancakes once. He suggested holding the fork in my left hand and cutting it with right hand, then eating it with the fork in my left hand. I couldn't do it. I have to switch the fork to my right hand when I was ready to eat. He thought this was weird. I also complained to the dentist about how long it takes me to floss and she told me that it didn't take long at all, but because of my fine motor difficulties it takes however. Let's not even get into handwriting. (I can sort of do printing but not cursive, which again, NTs find weird).

Anyone else with these difficulties?

I've never been able to tie shoelaces, despite being shown how to do it hundreds of times I've never been able to work out how to do it myself. And my handwriting is terrible almost to the point where its unreadable and despite numerous attempts to improve it its still terrible, even I struggle to read it sometimes.