Proud to be left-handed  

hey baruchaba, i find left handed cool. .. to me it reflects uniqueness and something different .. the only problem i would have had with being a left handed would have been at playing drums, i would have to make changes in the set up and all but anyways nothing of much concern, anyways there is nothing unusual about being a left handed here at my place, certainly it does sound historic and silly when you said it is like the devil's child lol

I am with you on that one. I am lefthanded too. My Grandpa was born lefthanded but for the reasons that you stated above, it was trained out of him. I think he either eats or writes left-handed (I can't remember which) but has learned to do everything else with his right hand. I can't believe there was a time when people actually worried about what hand someone did things with.

I am a "leftie" myself. My parents said that they had tried to make me use my right hand whenever I write. They said they tried for months. They were successful. I started using my right hand. Everyday, they made me practice using it. Supplying me several drawing materials just so I could learn to use my right hand. So I learned to use it. For a while I was okay with it. Til I got sick. I was bed ridden for 2 weeks. My mom said I would not eat. Just stayed in bed the whole time. So in desperation my mom said, "What do you want me to do just so you would drink your medicines and eat?" and she said that all I ever answered "I just want to draw." So right away she gave me a piece of paper and a pencil. Before I picked up the pencil I asked her, "Can I use this?" raising my left hand. My mom -- just nodded in frustration. Then I started drawing while she was feeding me. Happy to see that I was finally eating. Then just right after she fed me, she looked at the drawings I made. She saw how beautiful my drawing were. She ran to my father and showed him my creation. Then my dad looked at me, picked up my frail little body and said, "From now on, you may use any hand you like." And from that day forward -- I became a full pledged leftie. =)

I'm left-handed also and I love being a lefty. Thankfully, here in America, we don't have any superstitions about left-handed people. We actually have a few stores located across America that cater solely to lefties and only sell left-handed merchandise. I've never been to one myself, but I had a friend that brought me some gifts back when she came across one of the stores. My favorite thing was a pencil that said 'Love A Lefty' on it. :)

Hi baruchaba,

My father was left-handed. I say was, because it was practically beat out of him at school by the Nuns. I'm talking back in the 1950's. So, he had to write with his right hand but he worked as a bit of a handyman, with plumbing and electrics. He'd always used his work tools with his left hand but never got out of the habit of writing with his right hand, as that was what he got used to. I think this is very sad, and Thank God times have changed.

Fiona.

Hi baruchaba! You are just full of surprises this week! First
you reveal that you are color blind and now you tell us that
you are left handed!lol There is absolutely nothing wrong with
being a lefty! Many famous people, as you said are left handed!
My brother was left handed! My father was ambidextrous and could
write beautifully with either hand! I am right handed, but I
do certain things with my left hand! When I broke my right
shoulder I was totaly lost! I had to learn really quickly how
to do everything with my left hand and that was no easy task!
The one thing I couldn't (and there were many others) was
write! So when I had to sign things I was allowed to just make
an X!

I am left-handed, and I have never had any social problems because of it. I enjoy being different. My mom on the other hand tells me that when she went to a parochial school like St Rita, the nuns used to smakc the child's hand if they saw him or her writing with their left hand. Talk about taking superstitions a tad too far! There is also a left-hnaded website just for us lefties, too. It is http://www.anythingleft-handed.co.uk/

I'm left-handed too. I read somewhere that left-handed peoplelive an average of seven years less than right-handed people because everythingis built for right-handed people.
However, I cut with scissors and used to play the violin right-handed. :]

Good for you. I'm proud to be right-handed...well, actually I'm proud that I'm somewhat ambidextrous, as I'm able to use both of my hands for various tasks. I've gotten a few comments from people when they notice this, which gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling inside. :)

Hi there Baruchaba...I am not actually a left handed person.

But I find people like you as very talented and creative one. Most left handed people also would tend to excel in class than right handed people. Well, I am not actually hurting my clan in here but that is really true as what I have observe.

My sister and my boyfriend are both left handed and they are both talented and creative in their own ways.

I think those superstitious are way much too old...we are in our modern generation now..so we must stick with those new news about this...