"Sometimes I feel like I can almost do it, then other tims it's like when I was first learning to play. It doesn't happen often any more that I get yelled at for being outright insensitive- but it kind of feels like I'm a chicken and he's a hawk, and managing people is flying."

Or, trying to think of better metaphors.

"He's a sleek snake and I'm like- a weird waddly little newt. I do luck into seducing people, but it's all what I am, and not what I do. Like I appeal super hard to a niche market, but totally lack versatility. Is that a weird thing to think?"