I worked at a psych. clinic for several years where, astonishingly, 75% of us were left-handed. No wonder we got along so well:^)

I'm curious about several things and would be interested in hearing the observations and experiences of others, particularly lefties.

1. It seems to me that, generally speaking, lefties tend to be more ambidextrous than righties.   I know I am.   Don't know if this from having to adapt to a right-handed world, or because of hard-wiring. Although it feels awkward, I can use eating utensils well enough, or write with my right hand. My handwriting sucks, regardless of which hand I use, unless I write very slowly.

When I print right-handed, I have to pause to think, or I might print a d when I mean to print a b, or a q vs. a g.    (I can also write cursive backwards quite easily - I think I must be brain-damaged.)

2. It seems to me that more lefties do some things right-handed than righties do some things left-handed. I played guitar and autoharp right-handed, and tend to prefer to use utensils like an apple corer/peeler right-handed. Most lefties I know do some things right-handed. Very few righties I know do some things left-handed. (my son is dominantly right-handed but bats and plays guitar left-handed. His handwriting and printing both are terrible.) I often do not understand that I do some things right-handed. I learned only a few years ago that I use the apple-peeler right-handed, when working on a communal project. I was finished with my stent at the gizmo and reversed the tool in preparation for the next person, who I knew was a rightie. It was she who let me know I turn cranks right-handed as she re-affixed the peeler to the countertop in the same direction I had been using it.

3. It seems to me those of us who tend to be more ambidextrous tend not to be as coordinated with either hand as are people whose handedness is more strictly dominant toward either right or left.

4. More lefties than righties have trouble telling left from right in terms of direction. These days, when giving directions, I wave the appropriate hand in the air and say "turn toward whichever hand this is." ( Pre-divorce, I would either look at my hands, or rub fingers together on both hands to feel which hand had rings on it to know what label to use for left and right.)

I never gave any thought to left-handed vs right-handed scissors. I prefer to use my left-hand with scissors, and generally do so.    What is different about left-handed scissors?

My excuse for not knowing left from right goes as follows: In this world designed for predominantly right-handed people, every one knows your right hand is the hand you use the most. Therefore, my left hand is my right hand.

Finally, a colleague in the afore mentioned clinic had a coffee cup on which was printed one of the great but ignored truths of the world.

Everyone is born left-handed. As soon as you commit your first sin, God makes you right-handed.