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You're not alone OP, I hated ribbing back when I was a newbie and honestly don't much care for it to this day.
No matter what I did the transition from knit to purl stitches was always really loose and messy looking for me. If anyone else has the same problem I found just going down a needle size really helped, although obviously it'll affect gauge so bear that in mind.
I hate ribbing and I have been knitting for 17 years. It is annoying. Everyone has their little knitting thing that they just dread (a lot of folks hate purling, apparently).
I surprisingly enjoy purling but I can only do it English style. Continental purling makes no sense to my brain. Continental knits and English purls for me are the same tension so that works out even if it's a bit odd.
Just a little practice everyday is all it takes, it'll be second nature in no time. I remember switching knitting styles (holding the yarn in the left handinstaead of the right), I thought I would never knit again. It took about a week and I was in it again!
I switched to Continental early on and it helped the carpal tunnel. Even that was fairly easy,, by rib knits make my brain spin.
I'm a big fan of the Techknitter blog. Her posts are so informative and get right down to the (k)nitty gritty of knitting.
Here is a detailed post about ribbing which may or may not make your brain spin even more