1. When people couldn't seem to understand how your left hand functions.
#growinguplefthanded Classmate: How do you write like that? I don't get it. Me:
2. When people assumed you, somehow, were supposed to look different ‘cause you’re a leftie.
#growinguplefthanded "you don't look like you're left handed"
3. When writing on a white board was essentially pointless.
#GrowingUpLeftHanded
4. When meeting another leftie felt like finding your long lost sibling.
#GrowingUpLeftHanded meeting other ppl who was left handed and getting excited because there's not many of us .
5. When going in for a handshake was always unnecessarily awkward.
#GrowingUpLeftHanded Instinctively bringing out your left hand to shake your elders and getting this look
6. When people couldn't believe what they were seeing.
#GrowingUpLeftHanded When people clearly see you writing with your left hand but still ask, "Are you left handed?"
7. When even your fashion choices got judged.
#GrowingUpLeftHanded "you're supposed to wear your watch on your left"
8. When your left arm just couldn't catch a break.
#growinguplefthanded My worst nightmare
9. When even cutting a piece of paper became a chore.
The Struggle of using right-handed scissors 😩 #GrowingUpLeftHanded #LeftHandersDay
10. When spiral bound notebooks ruined your writing flow...
It's real!!! #LeftHandedProblems
11. ...so you tried to shift the paper 500 different ways...
: #growinguplefthanded - turning a paper half way upside down to write 😄
12. ...but were left permanently scarred...
when you're left handed and you're writing on a spiral notebook #lefthandedprobs
13. ...and dirty AF.
#lefthandedproblems
14. When others discovered your special "gift" and began to grill you relentlessly.
So true! #lefthandedproblems #dealwithit
15. When you never stopped hearing about how you would die young.
16. When eating something as simple as a tuna sandwich seemed impossible.
When left handed people like me try to open a tin. This happens. #lefthandedproblems #hungry #lefthanded
17. When Ned Flanders was your only spokesperson.
Happy left handers day!! --- Feliz Día del Zurdo!! #LeftHandersDay #zurdos #lefthandedproblems #itsinyourhands
18. When your friends wanted to be just like you...
19. ...but never truly understood the real left-handed struggle.
"You guys walk on the wrong side of the road and can't high five." - @KirstenKing_ and @laraeparker discussing left-handed problems.