# Lefty day! Yesterday was Middle child day **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 13, 2024, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefty-day-yesterday-was-middle-child-day/1005675 "2024-08-13T22:31:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefty-day-yesterday-was-middle-child-day/1005675/1 "2024-08-13T22:31:16Z")
I am both. No one got me a gift. No one remembered. And their are a few of each in this house. Think I’ll bump elbows at the dinner table and have a middle child melt down tonight. Everyone forgets the middle child, you know? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefty-day-yesterday-was-middle-child-day/1005675/2 "2024-08-13T23:24:14Z")
Lefty, huh? That explains a lot… ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefty-day-yesterday-was-middle-child-day/1005675/3 "2024-08-13T23:43:42Z")
Been that way a few years. Never fear, I do have ambidextrous abilities. Self taught. ---
**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefty-day-yesterday-was-middle-child-day/1005675/4 "2024-08-13T23:45:39Z")
Congratulations to whomever’s marking an occasion here! I’m in anticipation about it. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefty-day-yesterday-was-middle-child-day/1005675/5 "2024-08-14T00:29:50Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Never fear, I do have ambidextrous abilities. You know, I don’t believe I’ve ever seen a Left-Handed Banjo. 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefty-day-yesterday-was-middle-child-day/1005675/6 "2024-08-14T00:41:19Z")
You just string it upside down. When your playin’ em with the “Carter scratch” it don’t really matter. (I do know Maybelle Carter played guitar) ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefty-day-yesterday-was-middle-child-day/1005675/7 "2024-08-14T01:46:40Z")
I’m a middle child, and we’re visiting my left handed oldest brother this week. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefty-day-yesterday-was-middle-child-day/1005675/8 "2024-08-14T01:47:58Z")
Awww. Family celebration 🥳 Left handed meals include lobster and crab legs. Middle child gets to choose. Finally. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefty-day-yesterday-was-middle-child-day/1005675/9 "2024-08-14T02:32:23Z")
Kiddo is as lefty as lefty can be (I swear he forgets his right hand exists). I didn’t know about Lefty Day, but told him just after lights out and I could tell it made him happy. His best friend is also a lefty which is, in kiddo’s mind, about the greatest thing in the world. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefty-day-yesterday-was-middle-child-day/1005675/10 "2024-08-14T03:01:09Z")
You go Kiddo. We Leftie’s will rise again. We gotta stick together. I heard today Lefties are in their _right_ mind. Righties are not. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefty-day-yesterday-was-middle-child-day/1005675/11 "2024-08-14T13:50:23Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I am both. Hey, at least you’re not a ginger! ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefty-day-yesterday-was-middle-child-day/1005675/12 "2024-08-14T13:57:58Z")
When is only child day? ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefty-day-yesterday-was-middle-child-day/1005675/13 "2024-08-14T15:35:55Z")
People forgot about Middle Child Day? Yeah - that tracks. Maus - Middle child ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefty-day-yesterday-was-middle-child-day/1005675/14 "2024-08-14T18:24:29Z")
I always wanted to be red haired. Cute little freckles. But, oh no…that had to be my baby sister. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefty-day-yesterday-was-middle-child-day/1005675/15 "2024-08-14T20:31:46Z")
Lefty here. It’s nice that the flush handles on toilets were positioned especially for us. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefty-day-yesterday-was-middle-child-day/1005675/16 "2024-08-14T23:00:58Z")
I’ve always thought that. Bear my Siamese boy uses the guest bathroom toity. (I assure you it’s kept clean, unless a nasty grandwrek was in there before you, then all bets are off) Bear is obviously a righty, he will not learn to flush. It’s not the water cause if I go in there to flush he props on an edge to watch the swirly water go down, often talking to it, loudly. Sometimes he bats at the air above it. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefty-day-yesterday-was-middle-child-day/1005675/17 "2024-08-15T20:30:50Z")
I have one. I had to order it special, because the high G string is on the other side. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefty-day-yesterday-was-middle-child-day/1005675/18 "2024-08-15T20:34:30Z")
Every Day. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefty-day-yesterday-was-middle-child-day/1005675/19 "2024-08-15T20:36:57Z")
Damn! I’m a middle child, AND somewhat left handed. I missed TWO “days”! I feel so neglected! But they say that’s a trait of middle children. @Beckdawrek You can’t play like Earl on an upside down banjo. Which sounds like a demented piece of country wisdom. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefty-day-yesterday-was-middle-child-day/1005675/20 "2024-08-15T21:16:53Z")
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