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If Youre Right Handed Do You Hold a Jar in That Hand and Unscrew Using Left?

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I’m having a friendly argument and hope you will reply.

I’m right handed and hold jars and bottles in my left hand and twist the top off using my right hand. My husband insists I should use my dominant right to hold the jar.

What do you do?

Pjran
4 months ago
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Jackscot

Pjran I do the same as you

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Pjran

Jackscot thank you. 1 up for me , I’ll keep score. it just see a natural thing😉

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Jackscot

Pjran, you're welcome

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JLouM

😄 I naturally hold the jar in left hand and use right to unscrew lid but sometimes swap over. If it’s really stubborn I use a gadget 😂

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Pjran

JLouM I have an unscrewer but I would still use my right hand to twist it.

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JLouM

Pjran Yes I would too.

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Glitterandgold

I'm right handed & i also hold object with my left & use my right to unscrew as i have a better grip. Which is the correct way imo 😀

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Pjran

Glitterandgold thanks for replying. I’m winning at the moment ☺️

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MelissaLee1

I am right handed and do the same as you as well.

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Pjran

MelissaLee1 thank you. Another one for me.

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EmmaWright762

I'm right handed and I have another way of opening jars. It goes, 'ooh ahh, this is a tough one, oh yes this is too much for a girl to undo' this is closely followed by my lovely man offering to undo the jar for me and feeling like such a hero for succeeding lol

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Pjran
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xKJG93

Definitely hold with the left and screw off with the right. Just seems easier than to screw with the left

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Pjran

xKJG93 thank you.

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KAW18

I do the same as you makes the most sense your dominant hand is normally the strongest so therefore you have to in your case and mine open with your right hand. I couldn't open jars with my left hand.

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Pjran

KAW18 that’s exactly my point. Thanks for commenting.

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eyeballkerry

I’m left handed but can do many things in either hands so I’m more ambidextrous, but I think this is because of society I have to learn to use my right hand more. As for opening a jar, I ask my husband.

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Pjran

eyeballkerry if your husband isn’t nearby do you not try to open it yourself?

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eyeballkerry

Pjran No, I then get my daughter to try. I am never home alone so always get someone to help me out.

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kimcress

Same as yourself, I’m right handed but hold jars etc in left and open with right. Sometimes I’ll swap (if opening soda bottles and right hand gets sore lol), in hope of I’ve loosened them.

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MrsCraig

I am sitting here trying to think how I open them and I honestly don't know. I think I use my left to open and swap over if it is really hard to open.

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HEDGEHOGS

I had to think about this question and i've just come back from the kitchen with a jar haha, i'm right handed but held the jar in my left hand and opened it with my right hand.

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Pjran

HEDGEHOGS that’s a very hands on trial. Another point for me, thank you.

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martinlufc5637

Well I'm left handed, I hold the jar in my right hand and unscrew with the left

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Pjran

martinlufc5637 yes that makes sense to me as your left hand is your dominant one.

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stevea808

I also hold the jar in my left hand, and unscrew the lid with my right hand.

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Pjran

stevea808 thank you, it’s not just me. I am right handed.

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Jinky67

Why would you use your stronger hand to hold, rather than turn? It's the turning that opens the jar, not the holding. YOUR HUSBAND IS WROOOOOOOOONG🤣

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Pjran

Jinky67 I have told him that but he’s convinced he’s right and insisted i needed instructions to open the tight jar😂

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ch7leach

I'm left handed and hold a jar in my right hand and unscrew with left at least most of the times

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chele44

I’m a leftie (as are my 4 kids) and I asked them this question. They say they hold it in their right hand and use their left hand (as it’s more dominant 1). They asked why I was asking such silly question, “surely that’s what everyone does” 😂

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Pjran

chele44 I love that you asked your kids, they must have thought you were going mad.

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lilyflower

I'm right handed. Hold in right and unscrew with left but I also mix/beat cakes/eggs with left hand.

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Pjran

lilyflower I’m in awe of your ability. My left hand just isn’t strong enough to do that.

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mudgesheila50

I'm right-handed, and I hold with my left and unscrew with my right 😊

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Pjran

mudgesheila50 me too as my right hand is stronger. It just makes sense to use your dominant hand to unscrew.

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mskyrme

I hold the jar in my left as well. Surly that's the right hand "standard"

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Pjran

mskyrme that’s what I’ve always believed until my husband demonstrated how I should be doing it 😂of course he’s wrong.

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mudgesheila50

Pjran he's just a man, what does he know? 😂

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mskyrme

mudgesheila50 normally how to open a jar, but in his case... 😂

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AnitaLogan

I am the same as you, hold in the left and use my right hand to open the jar, if it is very tight I get a small knife to put under the bottom of the lid and twist the knife and that usually work so it is easier to open.

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PhilipMarc

That's right, and I tenderly knock the lid on a piece of metal/wood so it comes off easier.

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