I LOVE being left handed! Out of 6 kids, I am the only lefty. My dad was left handed, but made to use his right hand in school. He still did everything left handed except write. I use the computer mouse with my right hand; after all my conditioning, setting it up on the left side felt weird, and I drive with my right hand. Just about everything else I do left handed. I was told by a customer once that I was a genius. When I asked him why he thought so, he said it was because I was left handed, but didn't turn my hand or my paper when writing; write straight across the page. My stupid pet trick? I can write upside-down, meaning I can write so the words face you, but are upside-down to me.

I’m left handed; never felt like it was a struggle. Writing sucks though getting ink on my hand !!!

I am even weirder than a southpaw. Sometimes one is better than the other, but I can totally bat, write, throw, and color in coloring books with either hand.

Maybe this isn't as frustrating, but it does tend to piss other people off when they see me do it.

I am left handed. But I only use my left hand to eat and to write. Everything else I do right handed. It's weird.

In the US driving is actually better for left-handers. In Britain we drive on the left, so the usually dominant right-hand is on the wheel when changing gear, which is where you want it to be. Enjoy your small advantage.

That spunky, four-year-old leftie turned into me! The picture is from my baby book.

My late mother wrote the caption. Mom had beautiful handwriting. I miss her every day.

Right handed but, can drive with either or both of my feet on whatever pedals there are including stick ... taught myself that when i first started driving many years ago...comes in handy every now and then

I am right-handed, but injured my right wrist more than 6 months ago, so I have been learning to do things left-handed. Using a fork, computer mouse, and opening doors, and everything else. Now I get why lefties complain about right-handed scissors.

I am fully lefty (except for knitting / cutting meat) and I never had problems. In fact, I am very proud of being one...

I never investigated -at least no in depth- the concept / idea that lefties are a lot more gifted than "" righties "" though

Since I sell guitars I often deal with left-handed people faced with a really really pathetic left-handed guitar selection. I explain how the way we all hold the guitar right handed was actually invented by a left-handed woman during the renaissance period. A strong left-handed person can have some trouble on a right-handed guitar in getting good smooth strum down with the right hand... But like a piano you need both hands and lefties and righties both play them.. It’s tricky because if you’re left-handed and struggling on a right-handed instrument it’s to know if you would be struggling on the left handed instrument as well? I have a left-handed daughter that plays the guitar right-handed and has no idea that a left-handed instrument even exists, hasn’t been a question and hasn’t been a problem. Flipping the strings around to make a righty guitar lefty is not as easy as you might think, intonation issues. Jimi Hendrix did way more modifications than just flipping the strings the other way.

I am pretty sure I was born left handed but forced to use my right hand because I do things backwards.

I have to rewrite my message because I used no bueno word...I do almost everything lefty but write and I’ve actually used my left hand on a chalk board in a class... so lm neurologically messed up( how ever I used f- bomb) so I was “shamed “ in to a rewrite.... may not so as funny as before but you get the flow

I had to become ambidextrous at 7.

I've tried to use my left-handedness to explain why I don't paint or play guitar that well, but Hendrix and McCartney--and Rembrandt, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Munch make that a hard sell.

It was never a problem for me growing up, and still isn't - as my mother still says "you just get on with it". Now when I teach a class of kids, half of them "can't do my work" unless there are left-handed scissors etc etc etc available.

Partnered dancing was created by a man that was Lefthanded. The lead role is for the male and lead hand is left hand. Explained to me by a Pro Ballroom Dancer that always saw more potential in the leftys for obvious reasons of being natural lead handed and yes, former GF and still we hang out and of course dance. Another advantage is for boxing because the liver is exposed to the Left Hook, a devastating punch to the body. Very little known fact, some lefty boxers are taught to fight as righthanded because against righthanded fighters do not protect as often against the left hook since is expected to be the weaker hand, thus the big surprise of the use of the punch with stronger hand punching. I did hated to see lefthanded writers with the notebook sideways. Now, there is a number of languages that write right to left... arab for example?

I was born left handed ,and they taught to to be right handed in school.

They can be sharpened but it would have to be done by someone who knows what they are doing. I will get a pair and see if I can do it. Not a professional scissors sharpened but I have sharpened scissors and it is not difficult. So I will see and if I can do it I will sharpen a pair for you.

This planet is geared to right handed people. I cope as best I can. I do remember elementary school in San Diego St Bridges Academy. In the eyes of the nuns all the children were the devils spawn especially us lefties. My dad tried to get to switch hit when I was little. It worked OK but had trouble getting the ball deep. We are in pretty good company with US Presidents, Bill Gates, Da Vinci, Buxx Aldrin, Marie Currie, and probably the smartest person to grace this planet Isaac Newton. Yep we are in good company.

At first glance, I thought this was political.

Right-hander here (I'm ashamed to say)...I try to put my left leg in the pants first, use soap in the left hand, and brush teeth left handed so that part of my brain gets some use once in a while, lol.

Lefhander here. I’m so use to the way the world is built that I just cope with it. When I do find something built for my “ailment” my body does feel more relaxed. But again I just don’t notice it.

Love your stories Kathleen . Well my late FIL was a leftie and left this realm at 69 after glioblastoma chewed him up in short order. He was also a model crafter & spent a lot of time I imagine around solvents, paints, etc. Interesting theory with left handed lifespan.

My girl was ambidextrous as a baby & toddler. I never pushed her but would place cutlery, crayons and the like on her right side. May be the gentlest way ever to get a kid to favor being right handed.

US cars a better for southpaws. I think thats why you prefer automatics. In the UK (and several other counties) we change gear with our left hand. Keeping the right hand on the wheel

Interesting about the frisbee and tennis. Amazing that you have sooooo many in your family. In my large extended family, there were only three of who were left-handed - including me.

I am not ambidextrous--because most things I can do with only one or the other and not both.

Basically, anything that takes fine motor skills, I use my left hand - eating, writing, brush teeth, make-up, hair, playing pool, painting, jigsaw puzzles, using a sharp knife to cut, stirring food in a pot, etc.

For everything else that requires strength -- or which I was taught without regard to handedness -- I use my right: throwing a ball, bowling, catching a ball with glove, batting, scissors.

When I write in a spiral bound notebook, I start from the back of the book, so the spiral is to my right and not blocking my hand.

Like many other left-handers, I always aim for a corner seat at a group meal.