Are there any lefties here?

@sol_cee (38224)
Philippines
January 20, 2022 6:14pm CST
I don’t know if I’m weird but I really like looking at left-handed people when they are writing. The way they tilt their head just to get the proper stroke looks really satisfying for me. Weird, yes. Lol When I was in school, we have this special armchair for lefties. I remember sitting in one just to know the feeling but it didn’t really work for me. I ended up being the last person in class to finish the writing task. Haha In my family, we are all right-handed. How cool it would have been if I bypassed my parents’ genes then I became a lefty and not a righty? (Is it even called a righty?) Do you know anyone who is left-handed?
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@May2k8 (17978)
• Indonesia
21 Jan 22
I know someone can write with left and right hand it's because of habit
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@sol_cee (38224)
• Philippines
21 Jan 22
I did try but failed obviously
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@May2k8 (17978)
• Indonesia
21 Jan 22
@sol_cee Same like me when using my left hand the writing looks like a tangled thread.
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@sol_cee (38224)
• Philippines
21 Jan 22
@May2k8 oh, did you try to write with your left hand?
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@rsa101 (37952)
• Philippines
21 Jan 22
I know a lot of left-handed people. I think nowadays they are more accepted than before when they were forced to use the right hand which I think is wrong since I guess it's something biological and you should not force it if you feel comfortable using your left hand instead of the right.
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@rsa101 (37952)
• Philippines
21 Jan 22
@sol_cee There's none but in the past, they believe that it should be corrected. But I know nowadays they do not do that anymore.
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@sol_cee (38224)
• Philippines
21 Jan 22
@rsa101 as if it’s a mistake to be left handed. Nasty!
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@sol_cee (38224)
• Philippines
21 Jan 22
That was cruel, forcing lefties to be right handed. Is there a valid reason for that?
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@much2say (53665)
• Los Angeles, California
21 Jan 22
Me me me - I am hidari-kiki! I am the only lefty in my family. My dad thinks maybe he was a lefty as he is stronger in certain ways with his left . . . he comes from a time when lefties were corrected to become right handed.
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@much2say (53665)
• Los Angeles, California
27 Jan 22
@sol_cee Being a lefty had some challenges . . . but I'm ok being lefty . Have you ever tried to do things left handed? Many lefties have had to just do things righty out of no choice (like using a computer mouse), so many of us are ambidextrous .
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@sol_cee (38224)
• Philippines
27 Jan 22
@much2say oh yeah, the mouse situation ne. I never thought about that
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@sol_cee (38224)
• Philippines
21 Jan 22
Omg! Really? That must be why I like you very much. I secretly wanted to be a lefty. And about your dad, I heard about that part of history in Japan. How cruel it was.
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@LeaPea2417 (36265)
• Toccoa, Georgia
21 Jan 22
My husband is left handed.
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@LeaPea2417 (36265)
• Toccoa, Georgia
27 Jan 22
@sol_cee not really
@sol_cee (38224)
• Philippines
26 Jan 22
Do you clash?
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@RasmaSandra (72494)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Jan 22
As a child I was determined to be a leftie and took everything in my left hand including spoons, Then mom decided I should be right-handed and began putting stuff into my right hand, As a result, I became right-handed but can write quite well with my left hand and draw
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@sol_cee (38224)
• Philippines
21 Jan 22
There’s a name for that, right?
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@RasmaSandra (72494)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Jan 22
@sol_cee yes, it is ambidextrous
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@sol_cee (38224)
• Philippines
21 Jan 22
@RasmaSandra oh yeah, I remember that term now. So you are an ambidextrous. Cool
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@sharonelton (24348)
• Lichfield, England
21 Jan 22
I'm right handed. I don't personally know anyone who is left handed. Paul McCartney is left handed isn't he? My Mum used to be a big fan of The Beatles. I guess she still is, although she sold her records ages ago and got pittance for them.
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@sol_cee (38224)
• Philippines
21 Jan 22
Googling Beatles’ members and if they’re right handed or left handed..
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@sharonelton (24348)
• Lichfield, England
21 Jan 22
@sol_cee I know Paul McCartney is left handed because he always plays the guitar the other way round!
@LadyDuck (454979)
• Switzerland
21 Jan 22
My husband is left-handed. As I had an accident when I was 6 years old and I could not use my right arm during 19 months, I learnt to write using my left hand. I can use both now.
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@LadyDuck (454979)
• Switzerland
22 Jan 22
@sol_cee I would have preferred not to have this problem and to have a perfectly functioning arm.
@sol_cee (38224)
• Philippines
21 Jan 22
I know you have a bagful of tricks Anna
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@cacay1 (83270)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
21 Jan 22
no, never long to be a left handed, how could I eat fast to my favorite chicken adobo
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@sol_cee (38224)
• Philippines
21 Jan 22
Haha other people on the table won’t leave you any because you’ll be too slow with your left hand
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@cacay1 (83270)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
22 Jan 22
@sol_cee Correct, unless all are lefties
@aninditasen (15668)
• Raurkela, India
21 Jan 22
I am left handed while cutting vegetables. I used to right with my left hand when I was small but my father forced me to change it.
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@sol_cee (38224)
• Philippines
21 Jan 22
Why did your father force you to use your right hand?
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@aninditasen (15668)
• Raurkela, India
22 Jan 22
@sol_cee In India there's a custom of calling the right hand as lucky. So he insisted on it.
@thelme55 (76342)
• Germany
21 Jan 22
I am right handed and I can’t write on the left. My younger sister is left handed
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@sol_cee (38224)
• Philippines
26 Jan 22
Really? Is she the only lefty?
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@thelme55 (76342)
• Germany
28 Jan 22
@sol_cee Really. Oh, my youngest brother, too.
• Nairobi, Kenya
21 Jan 22
We also had chairs for left handed people in my school. My sister is left handed. My mom can write with both hands
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@sol_cee (38224)
• Philippines
21 Jan 22
Oh wow your mom is ambidextrous ( learned that word here today)
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• Nairobi, Kenya
22 Jan 22
@sol_cee wow! I didn't know that's how I should call her. I've also learned a new word
@Rashnag (30600)
• Surat, India
21 Jan 22
I am left handed. Glad that you like lefties.
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@sol_cee (38224)
• Philippines
26 Jan 22
Guess you have a pretty handwriting
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@Rashnag (30600)
• Surat, India
27 Jan 22
@sol_cee no dear my handwriting is ok, not that good
@Faster16 (2930)
• Indonesia
21 Jan 22
My daughter, the most troublesome thing is asking her to eat with her right hand, because in my country eating with left hand is not polite
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@sol_cee (38224)
• Philippines
21 Jan 22
Lol I thought only sons are troublesome haha. BTW, why is it impolite to eat with the left hand in your country?
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@Faster16 (2930)
• Indonesia
22 Jan 22
@sol_cee it's been a long time, for reasons of custom and belief
21 Jan 22
I used to draw and write left-handed around 5. Was taught to write right because of superstitious beliefs. Now I'm ambidextrous. Lefty in most other activites (pingpong, tennis, cooking...).
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@sol_cee (38224)
• Philippines
26 Jan 22
Sorry what is pingpong?
28 Jan 22
@sol_cee Table tennis. I thought this was a popular game in the Philippines. Try asking your friends about it.
@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
21 Jan 22
My dad, my brother, two of my children and my partner are all left handed. I'm outnumbered.
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@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
21 Jan 22
@sol_cee it's fine except at dinner when I sit on the wrong side of someone
@sol_cee (38224)
• Philippines
21 Jan 22
How does it feel to be outnumbered? loll
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@JudyEv (323672)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Jan 22
Our son is left-handed for most things, including writing. But he plays his double bass right-handed.
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@sol_cee (38224)
• Philippines
21 Jan 22
Googling double bass...
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@JudyEv (323672)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Jan 22
@sol_cee It's a stringed instrument. Think of a very big violin!!!
@RubyHawk (99437)
• Atlanta, Georgia
21 Jan 22
My mother in law was left handed. As you say it’s interesting to see how they hold their paper and pen when writing.
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@sol_cee (38224)
• Philippines
21 Jan 22
And I always think lefties have very nice handwriting
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@RubyHawk (99437)
• Atlanta, Georgia
21 Jan 22
@sol_cee I’ve never known a leftie other than my mother in law but she had a beautiful hand writing.
@oahuwriter (26786)
• United States
21 Jan 22
My best friend in middle school, Debbie, was left handed. She way a very quiet and kiny person. Former President Obama, is left handed. I'm right handed and like you, my family is right handed too.
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@sol_cee (38224)
• Philippines
21 Jan 22
Obama is left handed, I didn't know that. And where's Debbie now?
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@oahuwriter (26786)
• United States
21 Jan 22
@sol_cee President Obama is left-handed. My friend Debbie's dad got transferred to mainland and we lost touch.
@yoalldudes (35042)
• Philippines
21 Jan 22
Here here!
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@sol_cee (38224)
• Philippines
21 Jan 22
Oh wow, hi there lefty!
@yoalldudes (35042)
• Philippines
27 Jan 22
@sol_cee Hello
@CarolDM (203478)
• Nashville, Tennessee
21 Jan 22
I know many that are left-handed.
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@sol_cee (38224)
• Philippines
21 Jan 22
Oh, how about in your family?
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@CarolDM (203478)
• Nashville, Tennessee
21 Jan 22
@sol_cee None that I know of.