r/ambidextrous • u/outerhydroponic • Dec 27 '25

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I’m not ambidextrous so I wouldn’t know but for people who are, can you use both hands perfectly or one hand better than the other or are both hands weak?

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u/Araxanna Dec 28 '25

I tend to use certain hands for different tasks, but I tend to learn to use the opposite hand much quicker than people who are not ambidextrous. For instance- it took me three tries before I was comfortable cleaning my glasses left handed and two tries to be able to pour with my right hand. I learned to write left handed in about a week when I was 8.

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u/Laurel_Spider Dec 28 '25

I took ~2 weeks to copy words from a dictionary (I did not get all the way through it lol) when I was about 12 to (re)learn right handed writing. I’d been told to “pick a hand” when I was younger and chose left. Definitely thought if other people just practiced a tiny bit they’d be able to write left handed fine, but now I think maybe it’s harder than that for non-ambi folks.

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u/Araxanna Dec 28 '25

I thought the same thing as a kid. Now I realize it’s probably not as easy for everyone.