# Poll: Which leg do you put in first when putting on pants? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 7, 2002, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097 "2002-12-07T05:33:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gopher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gopher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gopher)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/1 "2002-12-07T05:33:09Z")
Include your handedness. I read a website that said people stand on their dominant leg so put in the other leg first. I want to see if it’s true for most people I’m lefthanded and put my right leg in first (following the website’s claim) ---
**Author:** ![QuaHKN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f14d63/32.png) [@QuaHKN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuaHKN)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/2 "2002-12-07T05:40:16Z")
I am right handed and usually put my right leg in first… perhaps I’m abnormal? ---
**Author:** ![Nurobath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a88e57/32.png) [@Nurobath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nurobath)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/3 "2002-12-07T05:49:28Z")
Right handed, left leg goes in first. I guess I’m not as exciting as I thought. ---
**Author:** ![Waenara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@Waenara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waenara)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/4 "2002-12-07T05:50:53Z")
I am right-handed, and I put in my right leg first. A friend of mine says she’s also right-handed, and puts her right leg in first. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/5 "2002-12-07T06:02:55Z")
The middle one. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![fizgig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f04885/32.png) [@fizgig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizgig)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/6 "2002-12-07T06:03:50Z")
**Duckster** 😃 Me, right handed, right leg first. ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/7 "2002-12-07T06:19:13Z")
Right handed, left leg first. I actually tried to put my right pant leg on first the other day and nearly fell down! ---
**Author:** ![Kamelion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8baadc/32.png) [@Kamelion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamelion)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/8 "2002-12-07T06:36:36Z")
Right, right. But then I don’t have completely dominance in my right hand; when I was learning to write I could do it with my left hand and I used to draw with both (I’ve lost both abilities). I write with my right hand but eat left-handed and use my left hand just as much, if not more, to do everything else. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/9 "2002-12-07T07:15:37Z")
Right handed, right leg first. And **Duckster** , I’m not a big fan of that shit-eatin’-grin smiley, but its placement in your post had tears rolling down my face. Beautiful, man. Happy ---
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/10 "2002-12-07T07:29:00Z")
Another right-handed, left leg. And I’m very much so right-handed. Strange… ---
**Author:** ![Caught\_Work](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/11 "2002-12-07T07:34:38Z")
Right handed, left legged. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/12 "2002-12-07T07:51:46Z")
Both. ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/13 "2002-12-07T13:53:22Z")
Right handed, left legged ---
**Author:** ![dragongirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@dragongirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragongirl)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/14 "2002-12-07T13:56:51Z")
Right-handed, left leg first. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/15 "2002-12-07T17:19:42Z")
Both. Faster and easier. ---
**Author:** ![japatlgt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@japatlgt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/japatlgt)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/16 "2002-12-07T18:18:36Z")
I am lefthanded, my right leg is my dominant leg and it goes in first. End of rant. I feel so much better ---
**Author:** ![firagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/13edae/32.png) [@firagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/firagon)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/17 "2002-12-07T20:22:41Z")
Right handed, right leg first. I think I do it because when putting in the second leg, I’m more liable to trip, so I put in my dominant leg first as the “foundation”. ---
**Author:** ![Superspy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/22d042/32.png) [@Superspy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superspy)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/18 "2002-12-07T23:02:57Z")
I’m right handed and it’s always the left lag first. always. I could barely force myself to reverse it when i tried. ---
**Author:** ![Jonmarzie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jonmarzie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonmarzie)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/19 "2002-12-08T00:24:37Z")
Right handed and right legged. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/20 "2002-12-08T00:34:08Z")
Right handed and right legged. I just went into the other room, took off my pants, and put them on to see. Also, I take my right leg out first when de-pantsing. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097.md?page=2)