My left-handed father died at age 69 but not from some accident resulting from his handedness. It was complications from a cerebral hemorrhage. I have indications that my left-handed mother is probably still alive, and she’d be 78, turning 79 next month. (I’m right-handed.)
One left-handed grandmother died at 89, the other is still hanging on at 99.
Probably nearly 10 times more I’d expect, since righties outnumber lefties by nearly ten times…
Can I increase my lifespan be learning to be right handed?
All I know is it will definitely increase your prestige.
My grandmother is also a natural lefty, forced to be a righty. She’s almost 90, but in very poor health.
Grandma is cross-dominant, she’s 98 (and a half, as she was bemoaning a week ago). She doesn’t leave the house alone because she’s got equilibrium and hearing problems, but she showers herself, dresses herself and uses her cane more to point at things or twirl than to lean on. Oh yes, and her knee hurts, but I never remember which one.
My 85 year old grandmother is left handed and completely independent.
Replace grandmother with grandfather and same here. He writes righty, but does most other things lefty.
My friend’s great-grandfather (who is 88) is left-handed. Actually, he can write a little with his right hand, but still prefers his left hand.
My mother will be 80 next year. She told me she was “encouraged” to write right-handed, but she does almost everything else left-handed. All of her kids are right-handed, so she taught us to do certain things like tying our shoes by standing or sitting opposite us and telling her to imagine she was our reflection in the mirror.
Oh, and she has extremely neat handwriting.
Then Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama–all lefties. Odd, isn’t it?