Leftie! What Challenges Have You Encountered Being Left Handed??

I have been in a right handed world for so long, that I can´t think of many challenges. I remember that writting was difficult when I was little because my hand made the page completly messy. I learnt eventually how to write without having that problem. I also discovered very early in life that even if I was not a grown up, I had the right to choose my place at the table. Fortunatly my father, a doctor and a scientist, helped me have my way. The same thing happened at school. He would go every term to tell the teachers that I was NOT to write with my right hand. Those were the times when teachers could punish you for being a leftie. The only thing that I don´t like now is when I go to those elegant restaurants and ask for fish. The fish knives are made for right handed people. I have to ask the waiter to bring me a normal knife and explain. But on the whole, I was raised in knowing that there were some other lefthanded people I could look up to. When I was little I said" Leonardo da Vinci, Napoleon and I". I taught that to my youngest daughter, lefthanded like me. Happy posting!

So far, the only challenge that I have been struggling with daily is my position at the table. I always make sure I get the spot on the corner, where my left elbow won't hit anything or anyone. It's hard. I noticed this with lefties. We have a tendency to over stretch or position our arms so that it extends a wider space and everytime that happens to me, I just feel uncomfortable.

I would think that left-handed people wouldn't face any more challenges than those who are right-handed. It's not a disease or anything...you can't become disabled just because your left hand is the dominant one. The whole notion that left-handed people somehow are freaks is ridiculous to me. They're just like anyone else.

Not being left handed myself, but raising two left handed children, the biggest problem we have encountered is having someone teach them how to write properly. Since most of thier teachers have been right handed they have sometimes not shown them the proper way to form script letters as it is difficult to show someone if you can not do it yourself. We have overcome this becuase my sister is also left handed and can help them when they need it.

i am not left handed but i am interested in writing with left hand many times i tried to practice writing with left hand... i want full grip with left hand as much as right hand having..... but failed to get it.... left handed people get some nice attention in crowd and there is some myth that people who are lefties can use there brain effectively as usage of both sides of brain is divided...

Doors can be a challenge because they tend to open into us. I wish appliance manufacturers would stop putting the knobs on the righthand side. Us lefties have to stand to the right of the CD player or whatever to operate it, rather than being able to stand in front of it. Otherwise we have our arm across our body to use the knobs and buttons. My righthanded mother gave up on teaching me how to knit. Because my son teaches me songs on his guitar righthanded, I hold and play a guitar the righthanded way. We learn to adapt in a righthanded world.