Night Elf Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 DH and I were talking about this today. He said that in the past, being left-handed was seen as a mark of the devil and that it still has a stigma attached to it. He told me that the word sinister is latin for left, and that dextrous has a past meaning of right. I've never heard of this before. So, are you left-handed, right-handed, or ambidextrous, or other? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasharowan Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Dh and I are right handed, but all three boys are left handed. Well, older two are, ds5 is still switching. I have heard of that in the past. But the most problems they run into today is things being made for right handers, like ball gloves and scissors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingersmom Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 I am right handed. My son is ambidextrous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Dh & I are both right handed. Ds12, ds11, and ds7 are all lefties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ailaena Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 The elementary school I went to would not allow me to be left-handed; I have no idea why, really. I have heard all of these things about left-handedness at some point and Wikipedia has an interesting entry on the relationship between left/right and word meanings. At this point I am nearly completely ambidextrous, e.g., my handwriting is illegible no matter which hand I write with:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 I answered ambidextrous, as I use my left hand to write and my right hand for most other actions. I recently realized that while writing with a stylus on my iPad I was writing a list with my right hand. I didn't consciously decide to do so. Weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyLady Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 I'm left-handed, but I cut with my right. It was really annoying in elementary school when the art teacher would insist on giving me scissors for a lefty when I told her I wanted the ones for right-handed people. Needless to say, I never did well in art. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 I'm the right handed daughter of a left handed mom. I write right handed. I pretty much do everything else left handed if given the choice. This summer I rapelled off a cliff left handed. When they set me up for right handed it felt wrong, so we switched and it felt so much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MathGirl Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 I believe I am naturally left handed or ambidextrous, but where I grew up I was not allowed to use my left hand for eating or writing, so I learned to do those with my right. (I can still write with my left, just not quite as easily). So I now consider myself ambidextrous since I can do most things with both hands fairly equally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoxcell Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 I'm right handed. Although I do sweep and shovel with my left hand. My dh is left handed and so is my dd(6). The rest are right handed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbgrace Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 I'm right handed. My husband and one son are left handed though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenangelcat Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Left-handed. Can do some things with the right. I've never heard a negative comment about it and it's never been an issue for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Fine motor skills - left Gross motor skills - right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Coast Mom Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 I'm ambidextrous. I clearly remember early elementary teachers not allowing me to write with my left hand. I can write with either hand now, but typically use my right for writing. I usually do everything else with my left. I have three right handed kids and one lefty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cammie Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Dh and I are right handed but DD is a lefty. And believe me, the anti-left handedness attitude is alive and well in India! Poor thing, it drives her crazy. It mostly comes up with religious rituals or when my in-laws are visiting. I think the schools are getting better at not forcing children to switch. Our favorite stop when we visit the US is the Lefty shop in SFO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 My hubby, I and all of my girls are right handed. My oldest (son) is ambi. My SIL and the 18 year old's fiance' are both left handed. My grandson looks like he is going to be left handed. One of my brothers is left handed. I pay close attention and I have noticed that a lot of artist, musicians, actors and politicians are left handed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 I am right handed. Dh was left handed, but the nuns took care of that! :glare: All of my kids are right handed...except one ds, our lefty. My dad was also "fixed". He wrote right handed...but did everything else lefty. Dh's dad is lefty. Faithe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisIsTheDay Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 I'm left handed and actually had two different patrons at work today comment about it. My dad is left handed. My mom is right handed BUT believes she was forced to use her right hand as a young child (that stigma). She plays all sports, however, left handed. She was taught by her left handed brother, who was very ill as a child and probably given more grace with his left handedness. I eat and write left handed. I play all sports right handed, and I cut right handed. My sister is left handed. I'm disappointed that neither of my kids is left handed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 I am right handed. Dh was left handed, but the nuns took care of that! :glare: An older friend on another forum said the nuns at her school would switch her when she tried to write with her left hand. I can't even imagine. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaners Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 I'm right-handed. I can write legibly in print or cursive with my left hand as well, but it isn't comfortable. I can also mirror-write, but I need to concentrate to do it. My left leg is dominant. My right eye is dominant according to a recent thread here that may have involved cuisenaire rods? My mother is left-handed. My oldest is left-handed. My middle child is probably right-handed. My 1 year old picks up crayons with a perfect pencil grip in his left hand and colors...so he might write with his left hand too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elise1mds Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 I'm the oddball who voted 'other.' I write with my left hand and have horrible handwriting with my right. I am a switch hitter in baseball and drove my father crazy when he tried to teach me to play golf by constantly switching sides. He never could figure out whether to get me left- or right-handed clubs and finally gave up. For the majority of sports, though, like bowling or fielding in baseball or tennis, I'm right-handed and have problems using my left. So really... it depends what I'm doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth in MN Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 The elementary school I went to would not allow me to be left-handed Ditto. My kindergarten teacher hit me each time I used my left hand. Ask me why I homeschool :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 A little of both (I voted ambidextrous, though that's not exactly it.) I write with my right hand, I eat with either (usually right, except for when I am using my spoon or sitting next to a lefty,) and I do everything else left-handed. My dc are all over the place - one dd just like me, one dd so completely right-handed she can't do anything left-handed, and a ds who is usually a lefty but can switch in sports when he needs to. My artistic/musical dd is the righty. Dh is just plain old right-handed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarfoot Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 I'm left-handed and do everything that way. It's the same for my 1st and 3rd children. DH is right-handed, and so are children numbers 2 and 4. We have a 50-50 split here. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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