# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Susanann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@Susanann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susanann)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/21 "2002-12-08T02:48:20Z")
Usually, both. But sometimes if I only do one leg at a time, I start with the right leg. Just the opposite when stepping into a skirt though, I always start with the left leg, but I always am standing when I put on a skirt, maybe that is the difference? ---
**Author:** ![sunstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunstone/32/3372_2.png) [@sunstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunstone)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/22 "2002-12-08T04:16:44Z")
Oddly enough, I put the left one one first, but two even things out and get it right I put the second leg in. BTW, I’m right handed. ---
**Author:** ![Nenya\_Elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@Nenya\_Elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nenya_Elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/23 "2002-12-08T04:24:03Z")
Right-handed and probably right-legged, right leg first. I think it’s the “support in case of a trip” thing for me, too. I think I do sometimes do it left leg first, though, but I think the stability suffers then. ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/24 "2002-12-08T04:57:02Z")
Right handed. I sit on my bed and put both legs in at once. ---
**Author:** ![Nenya\_Elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@Nenya\_Elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nenya_Elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/25 "2002-12-08T05:05:28Z")
More data from roommate: right handed, right leg first. Never let it be said that we shirk investigating the deep mysteries of science! ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/26 "2002-12-08T07:58:03Z")
I’m left-handed and have new garments sewn around me each morning by beautiful seamstresses. Otherwise, it would be right leg first. ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/27 "2002-12-08T10:29:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Duckster \* > \*\*The middle one. > > 😃 \*\* So YOU’RE the guy who found that bottle on the beach and told the genie you wanted your dick to grow a foot. When I saw the thread title I KNEW somebody would say “the middle one.” But I didn’t know it would only take five posts! 😃 Oh, me? Right-handed, left foot. Although, when it comes to which foot goes in my mouth, I’m ambidextrous. ---
**Author:** ![Washte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Washte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washte)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/28 "2002-12-08T11:40:41Z")
Left leg goes in first when putting trousers on. Both at the same time when putting a skirt on - those _rare_ occasions… Handedness? As a kid wrote left but forced to change to the right. Then after breaking/dislocating my right wrist many times my left hand once again became dominant. Now I can use either with proficiency… except at the moment cos I just had surgery on my left hand and it hurts ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Terrorcotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@Terrorcotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrorcotta)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/29 "2002-12-08T14:02:47Z")
Which ever leg is closest to the pants. ---
**Author:** ![lindsay.reid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/82dd89/32.png) [@lindsay.reid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsay.reid)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/30 "2002-12-08T17:33:16Z")
I’m right handed, and put the right leg in first. However, as a child I was ambidextrous (or perhaps left handed) but was encouraged to use my right hand. ---
**Author:** ![Coilean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@Coilean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coilean)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/31 "2002-12-08T18:12:06Z")
Right handed and my right (dominant leg) goes in first. As an aside, the first time you go snowboarding the instructor may ask you this very question to determine how you’ll ride: right foot fist = goofy (right foot foward), left foot first = regular (left foot foward). ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/32 "2002-12-08T20:19:17Z")
I always put the **longest** leg in first ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/33 "2002-12-08T20:38:12Z")
Tapioca, only two more posts to go! Right and right. Sometimes it alternates to left leg. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/34 "2002-12-08T21:41:07Z")
I’m right handed (right eyed and right legged as well) but when I put on my pants I hop into it both legs at once. Of course living where I do I almost never wear pants, almost always shorts. ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/35 "2002-12-08T21:45:22Z")
Left handed, left leg first (but I might not count, I never noticed the order before my accident where I injured my right leg). unclviny ---
**Author:** ![The\_Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Griffin)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/36 "2002-12-08T21:49:10Z")
Some of you seem to think that because you’re putting your left leg in first that you’re left legged. You’re not. Which leg do you naturally kick a ball with? That’s your dominant leg. ---
**Author:** ![Flowerchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/858c86/32.png) [@Flowerchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flowerchild)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/37 "2002-12-08T22:09:26Z")
I sit down and put both legs in at the same time. **Always** ---
**Author:** ![The\_Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Griffin)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/38 "2002-12-08T22:37:15Z")
Mine have zips down the side and I just step in them like getting in a car. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/39 "2002-12-08T23:29:49Z")
I’m another that puts both legs on at the same time. I’m not sure if I do it because it’s simple and expedient, or just out of a sense of contrariness irritated by that inexplicable bit of idiom "I put my pants on one-leg-at-a-time, like everybody else. I’m sure if I tried the one-leg-at-a-time thing, I’d trip and break my neck. ---
**Author:** ![Bindrah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@Bindrah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bindrah)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/40 "2002-12-08T23:41:54Z")
yep…i switch from day to day…sometimes both legs, other times right or left, whatever feels right…i know it sounds dumb but its how i do things…i’m right handed… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097.md?page=3)