# How do you right handers put on your belt? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 26, 2016, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-right-handers-put-on-your-belt/744305 "2016-01-26T21:27:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![obbn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/d6d6ee/32.png) [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-right-handers-put-on-your-belt/744305/1 "2016-01-26T21:27:15Z")
Hello Everyone, I’m left handed and when I thread my belt onto my jeans I start on the left side. I’m just wondering if you righties thread from the right or left? ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-right-handers-put-on-your-belt/744305/2 "2016-01-26T21:50:44Z")
Just so we’re clear I’m right handed, and the end of the belt points at my left hand. I may have it backwards of other right handed people. I tie my shoes in a bizarre way as well. My dad was a big believer in encouraging creativity and didn’t show me how to do things. Instead, he would show me what it looked like and say “Do something that looks like that.” ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-right-handers-put-on-your-belt/744305/3 "2016-01-26T21:53:40Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > Just so we’re clear I’m right handed, and the end of the belt points at my left hand. Meaning, you pull with your right hand to buckle and unbuckle, right? ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-right-handers-put-on-your-belt/744305/4 "2016-01-26T21:55:59Z")
I’m right-handed. The automatic way is to stick the end into the first belt loop to the left of the center, and thread it around counter-clockwise as I look down on it. However, I try to reverse it every other time to try to make the belt last longer. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-right-handers-put-on-your-belt/744305/5 "2016-01-26T22:19:35Z")
All men’s belts, AFAIK, are started on the left side of the body, regardless of handedness. ---
**Author:** ![obbn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/d6d6ee/32.png) [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-right-handers-put-on-your-belt/744305/6 "2016-01-26T22:32:55Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > All men’s belts, AFAIK, are started on the left side of the body, regardless of handedness. This is what I was wondering. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-right-handers-put-on-your-belt/744305/7 "2016-01-26T22:50:47Z")
I have a few belts with designs on them that require you to start them on the left side for the designs to be right side up. These belts are not identified as _left handed_ belts. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-right-handers-put-on-your-belt/744305/8 "2016-01-26T23:34:00Z")
The buckle comes around from the left side. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-right-handers-put-on-your-belt/744305/9 "2016-01-26T23:36:41Z")
The same way everyone else does; one belt loop at a time. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-right-handers-put-on-your-belt/744305/10 "2016-01-27T00:02:55Z")
Same. Starts going in at the left hip. I like my belts like I like my women - [double D](http://www.ehow.com/how_7603484_fasten-double-dring-belt-buckles.html) - so mine usually point right, though. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-right-handers-put-on-your-belt/744305/11 "2016-01-27T00:22:20Z")
The belt goes into the first loop on the left side, and comes out on the right side. Except that I put the belt into the pants before putting the pants on. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-right-handers-put-on-your-belt/744305/12 "2016-01-27T00:51:10Z")
Through the loop on the left first. Does anyone do the opposite? I don’t think any belts I’ve ever owned had an identifiable top so it’s never much mattered, I could do it the other way. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-right-handers-put-on-your-belt/744305/13 "2016-01-27T03:14:32Z")
Most men, at least, start the belt going to the left. I do the opposite. I first became aware of this from a similar question on this board. I don’t know why I do it opposite. This means I use my left hand to pull the belt tight, even though I am strictly right handed. ---
**Author:** ![brad\_d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@brad\_d](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brad_d)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-right-handers-put-on-your-belt/744305/14 "2016-01-27T05:13:14Z")
Like **california jobcase** , I alternate directions each time I wear it. Wearing a belt tends to create a pronounced bend in the part that sits at my back; I take a quick look at that when I grab the belt and put it on such that it will be bent in the opposite direction. If I can’t tell which way it’s bent, then the choice becomes arbitrary and… I don’t know which direction I choose, now that I’m talking about it. I think I start it down my left hip. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-right-handers-put-on-your-belt/744305/15 "2016-01-27T20:36:58Z")
When you start with the loop on the left, the buckle matches the direction of the zipper placket on men’s trousers. That’s the way I do it. However, a mechanic friend starts his over on his left hip. That way, the buckle won’t scratch the car he’s working on. ---
**Author:** ![Totenfeier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@Totenfeier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totenfeier)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-right-handers-put-on-your-belt/744305/16 "2016-01-28T22:20:47Z")
I’m right-handed, and I put the end through the loop on the right with my left hand. I’ve always assumed that I did that because my Dad was left-handed, and that’s the way he naturally did it, and I observed him either getting me or himself dressed. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-right-handers-put-on-your-belt/744305/17 "2016-01-29T02:46:00Z")
Male – right handed for the most part and I start with the loop left of center. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-right-handers-put-on-your-belt/744305/18 "2016-01-29T04:21:03Z")
I put my belt in the “opposite” way (buckle end up on the right, loose end on the left). I’m right-handed. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-right-handers-put-on-your-belt/744305/19 "2016-01-29T18:43:19Z")
By the way, I have some fancy belt buckles, and the ones with images are all made to be right-side-up when the belt is started on the left, with the free end on the right. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-right-handers-put-on-your-belt/744305/20 "2016-01-29T19:55:58Z")
I never knew I’ve been doing this backwards my whole life! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-right-handers-put-on-your-belt/744305.md?page=2)