S/O talk about lenses

[jessica31876]

So I am a bit confused and hope I do not make myself sound to uneducated LOL. I got two lenses that came with my camera and then bought a 50 because everyone said how much they loved theirs and I wanted one that was good for inside the house/portraits and it seemed that was the one everyone recomended to use. I do like it a lot and use it for portraits but I really love my zoom to much to trade it permanently for the 50 mm or the 85. Maybe it is because of the type of pictures I take but I like to be able to be out when we are in the woods for instance and I see a bird in the trees to be able to zoom without having to walk right up on it to get a good picture. I also have a 55-300 (I think) which was one I got from the package deal I bought that I rarely use. I did use it at daytime concerts and I liked I was able to zoom out and get the entire band/stage in the shot and I could zoom in and get just the singer and it was like being right at stage level in the picture. I know I can improve my photos by learning more about the manual mode and I do practice on it occasionally but I mostly shoot in auto still. (that is a goal for 2012 to learn to be competent enough to shoot in manual solely)

So my question is what is the lens you find yourself using the most and what is the reason that lens is your favorite? I mean I have three prime lenses in different focal ranges but I still use my 18-135 the most. I rarely take it off the camera. So having a 28mm, a 50mm and an 85mm am I missing something with not using them. Am I doing something wrong because I just do not like them as much as I thought I would. I did all kinds of research when checking to see what lenses I would need for the type of pictures I needed and waited until I could find them at a really great price somewhere. Yet when I bought them I just did not realy like them as much as my zoom. I kinda feel bad because they just sit in my bag unused and I think maybe I am doing something wrong when using them and not seeing their full potential.