# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Ace-962](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/82dd89/32.png) [@Ace-962](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace-962)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/41 "2012-07-05T10:01:55Z")
As for me I always put my left leg on first. I’m also left handed too. I usually kick like soccer balls and, stuff for example, with my left foot so I’m left legged.So I guess with me, I kinda work against that websites claim in a way. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/42 "2012-07-05T11:00:33Z")
Right handed, left first. But this is intentional as my right foot is partly paralyzed and harder to get into pants, so this works better. I think before it was I was probably near 50/50. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/43 "2012-07-05T12:22:15Z")
Right handed, right leg. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/44 "2012-07-05T13:35:42Z")
Right handed, right leg ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/45 "2012-07-05T13:44:08Z")
Right handed, left leg. I can’t even imagine doing it the other way. I’d probably end up with my pants on backwards or something. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/46 "2012-07-05T13:50:36Z")
zombie or no does this change if the are holes in one or both of the legs? if one leg is in you might be slightly less dexterous with the last leg, you might snag your toe more easily on the hole, if holes in both legs the bigger hole first. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/47 "2012-07-05T13:53:35Z")
Right handed, right leg first. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/48 "2012-07-05T13:59:46Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > zombie or no > > does this change if the are holes in one or both of the legs? if one leg is in you might be slightly less dexterous with the last leg, you might snag your toe more easily on the hole, if holes in both legs the bigger hole first. Huh? ---
**Author:** ![MacdaddyC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@MacdaddyC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacdaddyC)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/49 "2012-07-05T14:36:40Z")
Both. More efficient. ---
**Author:** ![Minnie\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Minnie\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minnie_Luna)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/50 "2012-07-05T14:47:16Z")
Right handed, right leg. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/51 "2012-07-05T15:01:30Z")
Left leg, right handed. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/52 "2012-07-05T15:08:54Z")
I’m lefthanded and unless there’s nowhere to sit I sit down long enough to stick both feet in simultaneously and then I stand button and zip. If I have to step in one foot at a time, there doesn’t seem to be a fixed pattern. ---
**Author:** ![dngnb8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@dngnb8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dngnb8)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/53 "2012-07-05T15:20:17Z")
> [@QuaHKN](#): > > I am right handed and usually put my right leg in first… perhaps I’m abnormal? Im ambidextrous. (especially fun when playing ping pong. I have no back hand) I sit when I put on my pants, and I put both legs in at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/54 "2012-07-05T15:21:32Z")
Right-handed, right leg first. Not lookd all through the thread. Have there been any smart-asses who claim to leap up and thrust both legs in at once? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/55 "2012-07-05T15:24:03Z")
I’m left-handed and I put my left leg in first. Left-handed people generally don’t have as much of a dominant hand as righties do, though. We tend toward ambidexterity. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/56 "2012-07-05T15:41:19Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > zombie or no > > does this change if the are holes in one or both of the legs? if one leg is in you might be slightly less dexterous with the last leg, you might snag your toe more easily on the hole, if holes in both legs the bigger hole first. > [@Leaffan](#): > > Huh? 'cuse me. that was unintentionally ambiguous. it wasn’t meaning leg holes but ripped (worn, damaged or decorative) in the pants leg somewhere before the end of the leg. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/57 "2012-07-05T15:46:00Z")
bidex, both legs. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/58 "2012-07-05T16:14:18Z")
Right-handed, left leg first. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/59 "2012-07-05T16:33:31Z")
I don’t even understand how one could put pants on “one leg at a time”. Lay them on the ground, step both feet in, then pull up the waist. Voila - both legs together. Or do it sitting - either way you pull up both legs at the same time. How could you possibly put on only one leg of your pants? ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097/60 "2012-07-05T16:44:17Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > I don’t even understand how one could put pants on “one leg at a time”. Lay them on the ground, step both feet in, then pull up the waist. Voila - both legs together. Or do it sitting - either way you pull up both legs at the same time. How could you possibly put on only one leg of your pants? if you are standing. though an agile person and a pair of baggy shorts might get jumped into with both legs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-leg-do-you-put-in-first-when-putting-on-pants/141097.md?page=4)