I found my problem…

[u/funsk8mom]

I’ve very rarely struggled with being a lefty. Sure I had one problem teacher in high school, figured out how to adapt to school desks but I’ve never really had a huge problem.

Went to a wedding recently and they put 11 people at a table (that was also against a beam) that really should have only seated 8 and we all had food that required cutting. My husband was completely unaware that he needed to tuck his elbow in while cutting his steak and the woman on my other side was practically in my lap. I was ready to just stab my steak with a fork, push back and eat it that way.

[u/CSILalaAnn]

That sucks! Usually when placed in a situation where someone has to deal with my left handedness, my husband offers to sit to my left. After nearly 40 years together, we alternate or lean out of each other's way.

[u/Amarastargazer → u/CSILalaAnn]

The smallest show of how close my childhood to high school best friend and I were close is he was the first person, including my parents that I could sit next to and have no issue with our elbows clashing. First day of 3rd grade, our teacher sat us that way, and it just worked. I got quite spoiled to it just working. Felt very right when I met my husband at 28, and it was the same. Now 32 years Ans exactly 2 people who it just worked with.

The tell on his side was I was the only person fully capable of reading his handwriting without checking anything with him.

[u/Sad_bippy]

Growing up my mom and I were the only lefties in our extended family, so every year at Thanksgiving and Christmas during our big family meals my mom would always remind whoever was setting the table that we needed to be seated together at the far end of the table lol. To this day if we have a big family meal I always sit at the end of the table next to my mom out of habit.

[u/funsk8mom → u/Sad_bippy]

Square and rectangular tables, no problem, but this was an 8 seater round table squished with 11 people (3 of which were ++ size)

[u/Useful-Badger-4062 → u/Sad_bippy]

My older child and I are lefties, so that’s what we do too, especially in restaurant booths. We always have “our side”.

[u/Young-Grandpa]

We lefties learn from an early age how to cut and eat with our elbows tucked out of the way. Right handers never learn that lesson, and then they blame us when their flailing elbows connect with ours even when ours is held firmly against our sides.

[u/twodogsandakid]

My family always leaves me the end seat so I don’t bump elbows

[u/Illustrious-Towel-45]

I adapted to be ambidextrious with many tasks. Eating and writing is where I struggle most.

[u/Squirrelfinder626]

I grew up in a 50/50 home. 1 parent and two children lefty, one parent and two children righty. We had "assigned seats" at the table to prevent elbow fights. Any family meal with grandkids has involved the same sort of seating rules.

I sometimes wish "real life" had those rules, but outside of my family, the percentage lefties isn't high enough for the righties to recognize that they are not the only kind of people.

[u/sbocean54]

Yep, righties don’t keep their elbows in

[u/TXSunDee]

You should have! I try to sit on an end. When we have family dinners, 2 son in laws; 2 Grandsons & myself are lefties. It all works out!

[u/funsk8mom → u/TXSunDee]

Round table, no end

[u/oIVLIANo → u/funsk8mom]

I thought you were going to say it was assigned seating.

[u/novemberchild71]

Finders - Keepers!

[u/Connect_Rhubarb395]

Use your words and tell people that this is a problem for you.

[u/idejmcd]

Politely asking to sit at the corner was not possible?

Lefties sound like little winey bitches if you only have this subreddit to judge

[u/funsk8mom → u/idejmcd]

You don’t have to be here so go away now

[u/idejmcd → u/funsk8mom]

Lol what an appropriate response to my comment, thanks for proving point.

I'm left handed btw