The Purse Poll

[Aurora63]

Just curious to see if these two things are related, or completely random. For starters, I am right handed, but have always carried my purse on my left arm...it always feels like it will slip off my right arm!

So answer honestly, and let's see if there's a trend! If none of the options above apply, just post.

 

[SwedishMeatball]

I'm right handed and when I carry a purse, it's on my right shoulder.

 

[Minnie_Moo]

I am right handed and I carry my purse on my left shoulder. Doesn't "feel right" on my right shoulder.

 

[T1130]

I am also right handed and carry my bag on my left shouder. I never thought about it before.

 

[dizneenut]

I usually carry my purse over my left arm, (occasionally I carry it on my shoulders and I'll use either one, but mainly the left) and I am right handed.

 

[ilovepcot]

I'm right handed and carry my purse over the left arm also. Sometimes when my purse is especially heavy I'll switch to the right arm for a bit of rest but not for long...feels too strange and awkward. Will be interesting to see the poll results.

 

[AuntieM03]

I am left-handed, and carry it on my left shoulder.

 

[MUFFYCAT]

right all the time. i am a spaze on my left side!

 

[Stacerita]

Im right handed but carry purse on left shoulder. It just feels like it belongs there. Plus, since Im right handed, it makes it easier for me to reach over and get what I need out of it while its still on my shoulder. I dont think I could do that if I carried it on my right shoulder and tried to grab with my left.

Also, when I carry kids its always with my left arm. Feels stronger on that side.

 

[PrincessPatty]

I am also a righty who carries their purse on their left arm.

Thanks for making this thread... I think that it could be very interesting!

 

[Connieh]

Hi,

I am left handed and carry my purse on the left shoulder. Tried it on the right shoulder once, and it just felt wrong.

 

[Anewman]

That is funny, I always notice females carry their purse on the opposite side from me.

If I am going to walk by a ladies left side, she switches it to her Right side.
If I am going to walk by a ladies right side, she switches it to her left side.

I cant understand why...

 

[Alice's Mom]

I am right handed and when carrying a short strap purse it goes on my right shoulder. Normally I have a messenger type bag and I sling it over the left shoulder so that it rests on my right, um cheek

 

[VSL]

This all comes down to handedness.

If we look at people who write with their right hands:
A purely right-handed person would
- write with their right hand
- hold a broom or mop with their right hand at the top
- open the lid of a jar or bottle with their right hand
- hold their knife in their right hand
- thread a needle with their right hand
- squeeze the toothpaste tube with their right hand
etc.

If purely left handed it would all be the other way around (obviously).
Purely right hand is the most common followed (I believe) by pure left handedness.

Then there is mixed handedness - which I am.
My mixed-handedness is quite unusual:

With my right hand I
- write
- top of broom hand

With my left hand I
- thread needle
- open lid
- hold knife
- squeeze toothpaste
- mirror-write (this is apparently not uncommon in children but rare in adults)

Ambidextrous people are incredibly rare and have truly no preference with anything.
Even animals show a preference with 'handedness'.

I don't carry a purse but with a bag the pocket is usually on my right, with the strap being either side.

 

[munchkin bunchkin]

MyDHand I are righties and were blessed with with 2 lefties!

 

[4chitlins]

I am left handed and carry my purse on my right shoulder.

 

[Pooh67_68]

I didn't vote on the poll. I carry my purse on my right shoulder, and I am ambidextrous.

 

[dazeddaisy]

I am ambidextrous and I tend to carry my purse/bag on my shoulder with the opposite hand that picks up my bag ie if I pick it up with my right hand it goes on my left side.

 

[VSL]

TWO ambidextrous people on the same thread.

That is incredibly... unheard of (although not impossible).

Truly ambidextrous or mixed handedness though?
Like I said, people who are ambidextrous have absolutely no preference with anything. So they can eat with the knife/fork/spoon in any hand, can kick just as good with their left foot as their right, can punch just as well with either hand, can write fluently with both hands (in the same direction),

The vast, VAST majority of people get into a habit of using one side for something, so that is part of the reason why it is so incredibly rare to find anyone who is truly ambidextrous. It's not just about writing (you could be able to write perfectly with both hands but if you show any preference to either side of your body you would not be considered truly ambidextrous - that's where mixed handedness come in).

 

[VSL]

MyDHand I are righties and were blessed with with 2 lefties!

I'm sure that right handed parents are actually more likely to have left handed children (I'd have to see my BF to ask what it's more likely than though!).

He's here...
Jay says, '80% of left-handed children have right-handed parents'.

(and he's with me on the ambidextrous thing - ANY preference or weakness on one side means that you are not ambidextrous... he's a psychologist )