DH is higly gifted and his main area of achievement has always been science. He's an MD now. However, I still have to figure out the tip when we go out to eat because he just does not like math. He obviously uses math when he works- figuring out dosages of meds. But outside the realm of science he doesn't enjoy it at all. I, on the other hand, would happily do algebra and calculus all day but walking into a science lab always made me feel dizzy and nauseated with dread. I don't think loving or being gifted at one necessarily means the same will be true of the other.