Well, I dislike math, and generally sucked at all of it past learning the basic facts in 3d grade. Once we got to fractions and decimals I could not remember any of the algorithms, nothing made sense and I could do a problem once and in one minute forget how I did it. Things got really bad in HS. I was tutored through 2 years of Algebra and geometry. Thankfully, when I went to school kids were not expected to be perfect in all subjects and I happily accepted my Cs and occasional Bs in math.
When I got to college, the only math I had to take was math for elementary and special ed teachers. My minor was English. I learned quite a bit in that class. But, I really wanted to major in OT and I couldn't because I couldn't do the math that was required for the science. I loved biology, but I also couldn't handle chemistry or physics. Later, in grad school, I had to take statistics. I got an A, through a study group and using a computer (very new in 1980) for the calculations.
Basically, my poor math ability stopped me from doing what I wanted in college, but for my generation at least, I was able to avoid it. It seems like today everyone is expected to do well in this stuff. I have no visual perception skills, I can't do puzzles, can't read diagrams, and I also can't figure out strategies for board games. As a teacher, I know these are all things related to good math ability.
I don't feel bad. I am a good writer and that has made up for my learning issues with math. Both of my sons went to a HS that emphasized math over humanities and it was miserable for them. We had a very high population of kids from specific groups that excel in math; my sons were the exception. They were in "college prep" math and that was the *lowest* level, except for special ed. Both have excellent thinking skills, but they just hated math. One scored 1200 on his SATs and the other 1385, but they each had a 200 point discrepancy between their verbal and math score.
You can see this is a sore point for me. Give me my books and I will be happy.