Are you a Lefty? Happy Left Hander's Day!

@viju0410 (2286)
India
August 13, 2012 7:50am CST
Hi friends & lotters, August 13 is celebrated as Left Hander’s Day. My daughter is a lefty and she always gets wishes and even gifts from her school friends on this day. Would like to know how many of you are Lefties? Do you get wishes / gifts on this special day? Any other experience because you are a lefty? Has anyone ever told you to use your right hand instead of left? Happy Left Hander’s day !
6 responses
• Philippines
13 Aug 12
hi viju, Being a left handed person is a gift well I admire those people who can do every thing using their left hand But I hate those people who always go left and leave the right one I am not aware that there is Left Hander's Day thanks for informing us happy mylotting
@jaiho2009 (39142)
• Philippines
13 Aug 12
I know your ex-bf is a left handed too
@viju0410 (2286)
• India
14 Aug 12
Hi bhaby, Thanks dear. My daughter is a lefty and yesterday she had all the right reasons for asking a treat. Of course chocolates were gifted to her. hi jai, may be the ex-bf only turns left and leave the right..
@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
14 Aug 12
Hi viju I always wanted to be a lefty. Sorry I am a right handed person but I did try out my best to become a lefty. I dont know but there is a special feeling when I see them write, play. My nephew is a left - the only one in my family - though one of my uncles (dad's brother) and his son are lefty - but they never appealed to me. I tried bowling and even badminton with my left hand and of course, I am still trying to write straight using my left hand. many say I am nuts here but then, I dont know, I am passionate about being a lefty. My nephew was initially objected by his parents but now they are all used to it and know that this is not going to change. I gave him a dairy milk yesterday as a celebration of the day but he said he didnt need one, he needed a PERK and I had to gave him one big one.
@viju0410 (2286)
• India
14 Aug 12
Hi Sid, Oh, passion to be one. I don't think you as nut but i think u r 'different'. So far my knowledge goes, there is noone in our family who's lefty. In her childhood days, we did try to encourage her using right hand often but its a natural flow, so we let it be. Oh yes, I gave my daughter a perk and also a 5 star. happy to know about your nephew. Take care.
@marguicha (215746)
• Chile
13 Aug 12
I didn´t know there was a left hander´s day. I think it´s as absurd as if there was a right handed day. I rather hope for an awareness that lefthanded people should have the same rights that righthanded people take for granted. I cannot use a fish knife at posh restaurants. They hare made for right handed people. Of course, when I was small, there were still some people who tied lefthanded children´s hand so they would "learn" the "right" way. Right now, I´m givin a lonely fight with those machines that are used many times for credit cards. The small machines are made so that people (righthanded) pass the card in such a way that if you are not righthanded, you knucle gets in the way and you have to start it all over again or ask the cashier to do it for you. SHAME!!! I will raise my glass and toast to some lefties I like: Leonardo Da Vinci, Napoleon and Michelangelo among many others.
@viju0410 (2286)
• India
14 Aug 12
HI, yes, i do understand and i read somewhere that some hotels and automobiles are taking care to handle their left handed customers. Hope the credit card machines too find an alternate solutions. There are many great personalities and celebrities who are lefties. Thanks for your response.
@jaiho2009 (39142)
• Philippines
13 Aug 12
hello viju, My grandpa is a left handed but can use both hands for writing. My brother is a left handed person , a good guitarist and artist. My youngest son is also a left handed....
@viju0410 (2286)
• India
14 Aug 12
HI, That's so rare, people who are left handed are not always seen as comfortable with right hand for writing etc. In my family noone is lefty so i don't know how my daughter became one. Best of luck to your son, did you give him a treat too?
• United States
13 Aug 12
I never knew about this day until another mylotter just posted a discussion about it. I'm also a lefty and i never even knew we had a whole day dedicated to us. I've never gotten any wishes or gifts on this day because I don't think many people know about it. The only other lefty I know is my aunt. Thanks for sharing!
@viju0410 (2286)
• India
14 Aug 12
hi, Ok, i didn't check the other discussion. It is good to know that you are a lefty and yes August 13 is dedicated to all left handers. You too have someone in your family who's also a lefty. You can find many famous lefty persons as well.
@fantabulus (4000)
• India
13 Aug 12
Not me but my friend is lefty and I know lefty person are brilliant. But I dont know about Lefty day is also celebrated.
@viju0410 (2286)
• India
14 Aug 12
Hi, Thanks fanta. so i hope my daughter is an intelligent girl.. well as of now she's average and we are ok the way she is. But you know she knows how to get her things done/ get it done by others as well..