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Left or Right Handed? is the Former Still in the Minority?

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I am left handed, so is my brother but all 3 sisters are right handed. My daughter in law and grandson were surprised, after all these years, to find I was a leftie, especially as everything is positioned in my house for me to use.

So, are you left or right, what about your friends and family? Are lefties that rare, I'm not sure they are.

Lynibis
a year ago
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chele44

Not in my home, in fact being right handed was wrong lol. Myself and my 4 kids are all left handed but growing up with 6 siblings only my brother and I were actually left handed. Turns out my dad had been left handed but had it beat out of him in school. He doesn’t remember this but always wondered why he can use either hand to do things more r less equally. Though I’ve now 4 grandkids none of them r lefties

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Lynibis

chele44 wow that's quite unusual. I just missed the time of being forced to use right hand. Can't believe they were so backward thinking so recently.

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chele44

Lynibis im 56 and my brothers 58 and we never had problem in school being left handed but o/h cousin is just turning 50 this yr and she had her left hand tied behind her back. We went to schools that were bout 5 miles from each other so I think lot depended on teaching staff in the schools. I can’t imagine being beat or my left hand tied behind me in school and I’d have home schooled my kids to stop them having to go through that punishment everyday

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Lynibis

chele44 absolutely, maybe those affected should seek reparation. (My hint of sarcasm to reflect today's society!)

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eyeballkerry

I am left handed but over the years due to society I have become more ambidextrous which I really like. So most stuff I can with either hands. No one else in my family is left handed. My Nan on my dads side was ambidextrous as she was forced to use her right hand at school.

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Lynibis

eyeballkerry looks like a familiar story with older people.

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Midnightflower

My sister and I are both right handed but my dad was left handed. I'm not sure their rare but maybe a minority. I can't believe teachers use to beat it out of kids!

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Lynibis

Midnightflower personally, I never heard of beating (maybe a generation or two before mine were beaten) but definitely a ruler slap across the offending left hand as the teacher stalked up and down between the desks.

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JLouM

I couldn’t decide so it was decided for me that I should learn to write with my right hand as it would be easier. However, I still use either hand on door handles and get knife and fork muddled up. So I use my left hand quite a bit but not as much as my right. My husband’s (our) niece is a definite left hand though.

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Lynibis

JLouM strange thing is despite being left handed I iron with my right, use knife and fork same as right handed people but dessert spoon in left lol.

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JLouM

Lynibis It’s weird isn’t it? Everyone comments the way I hold knife and fork. 😅

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SaveMeSunday

Right handed tho left when it comes to my knife and folk which is weird

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blacklabrador

I'm left handed.

Interestingly, In my chosen profession (Chef) there are a larger than average amount of left handers.

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chele44

blacklabrador saying that my brother who is left handed was a chef in RAF for many yrs

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cocolgooh

I’m supposedly right handed, but I do almost everything left handed naturally so I don’t know why my school insisted I learn to write with my right hand. I can now write equally well with both.

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MelissaLee1

My politics are left off centre lol but I'm right handed.My brother is left handed and a hard right tory lol.

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kitty88uk

My family and I are all right handed! But I use knife in my right hand fork 🍴 with my left haha 😆 no idea 🤷🏻‍♀️ why?!

I also thought 💭 you should use your dominant hand to use knife to cut foods as you can apply more pressure so have been doing that since as a kid!! 😬😅

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JLouM

kitty88uk I have been ‘taught’ that is the correct way. I often automatically pick up the knife in my left hand and fork in right- but I’m right handed. In past when laying table I have been laughed at for placing cutlery the ‘wrong’ side of mats.

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kitty88uk

JLouM Oh dear 😅 do you mean when you were young, people laughed at you?

People are just rude!

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JLouM

kitty88uk Yep - but mostly family so was valid constructive criticism 😅

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chele44

kitty88uk surely that’s how right handed people do it. Though saying that my brother and I, plus my 4 kids (all lefties) do it that way. Problems of being brought up by right handed parents 😂

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kitty88uk

chele44 Lol 😝 parents use the knife with their left hand! When they are both right handed

No idea 🤷🏻‍♀️ lol

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kitty88uk

JLouM I see yeah by family members must be annoying lol

Ah well it doesn’t matter if you are right or left handed

I didn’t know being left handed was considered rare lol

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Nadiaparveen

I'm right handed... Now interestingly in cricket 🏏 left handed batsman is favourably paired up with a right handed batsman when they are facing the bowling as an opening pair. It gives them an advantage because they put pressure on the bowler.

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chele44

Nadiaparveen I’ve heard in lot of sports lefties do better cos the use of left hand confuses others. Saying that I can’t play any sports 😢

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Nadiaparveen

chele44 bless you.. I'm the same so I just watch and enjoy 😂

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jms19

Right handed, i think lefties are definitely still the rarer but it’s not super uncommon.

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Lynibis

jms19 yes, especially now children are not pushed to use a particular hand. They will automatically pick up with the hand that feels more comfortable.

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