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I'm a righty and my wife is a lefty; I always keep my fork in my right hand and knife in my left, and do not switch them, so we're symmetrical at the dinner tab
by gliese1337 14y ago
I'm a righty and my wife is a lefty; I always keep my fork in my right hand and knife in my left, and do not switch them, so we're symmetrical at the dinner table. If she's not around, I will sometimes use fork-in-left, knife-in-right, but I don't switch back and forth while eating.
I attribute that variability to the fact that I also usually have to actually try to do something, or at least imagine doing it, to keep track of which side is left and which side is right. When eating with my wife, I end up being consistent in which utensils I pick up with which hands because she provides the cue for me to mirror.
There are lots of physical skills in which I'm reasonably equally proficient with both hands just due to extensive practice (typing, throwing a frisbee, spinning staffs), but I'm much better at left-handed contact juggling. It's sort of explainable because I can practice left-handed contact juggling while doing other stuff with my dominant hand, but odd because skills that I learn first with my left hand usually transfer very quickly to my right.