I've been told repeatedly that I'm not good at it. So it's not just my opinion.
Baloney, some day you'll be married and your husband will be always forced to just give up and say "Yes Dear".
The talent is there, you just need to practice technique.
"I've been told repeatedly that I'm not good at it."
Nonsense.
Women have an innate, latent talent for talking. You girls can talk like a revolving door.
And, don't repeat yourself. It isn't so much what a woman says that hurts. It's the number of times she says it. Remember this one.