https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 25 Jun 2026 19:02:45 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-confused-between-your-left-and-right#post-1003208 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 07:58:22 +0000 swurlygurl 1003208@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@illumina: I usually know which way I'm facing. It's so much easier in the Midwest because the roads are true grids. When I lived in San Diego... it would have been impossible!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-confused-between-your-left-and-right#post-1002920 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 05:22:12 +0000 sera_87 1002920@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's half the reason I got a tattoo on my left wrist, no lie. </p> <p>And then I got one on my other one ..... :s<br /> My rings help immensely. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-confused-between-your-left-and-right#post-1002851 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 03:21:22 +0000 illumina 1002851@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swurlygurl: does that mean you always know which way you are facing, or do you just use west for left and east for right and so on? </p> <p>@BabyBoecksMom: YES! That is the same as me... I can point to the correct place, but always say left even when it's sometimes right!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-confused-between-your-left-and-right#post-1002108 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 21:01:00 +0000 lovehoneybee 1002108@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have to do the "L hand" sometimes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-confused-between-your-left-and-right#post-1002069 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 20:55:27 +0000 jhd 1002069@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-confused-between-your-left-and-right#post-1000976 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 16:49:21 +0000 stargal 1000976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yes when im putting my baby's shoes on him, I always get confused with left and right. so embarrassing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-confused-between-your-left-and-right#post-1000971 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 16:48:22 +0000 Grace 1000971@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't have this problem but it's amazing how many people do. Almost every piano student I've taught, be they 4 or 50 years old have had problems. So you are definitely not alone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-confused-between-your-left-and-right#post-1000900 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 16:32:55 +0000 swurlygurl 1000900@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am so bad with it. I've starting giving directions in N/E/S/W because I'm better with that </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-confused-between-your-left-and-right#post-1000878 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 16:29:16 +0000 Meridian 1000878@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, cuz I have a scar on my left wrist which I've had since I was 3. So I always remember that the scar is on my left. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-confused-between-your-left-and-right#post-1000649 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 15:39:49 +0000 ElbieKay 1000649@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, I have this problem. It's bizarre because I have a math-y brain and am good at spatial visualization. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-confused-between-your-left-and-right#post-1000614 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 15:30:59 +0000 plantains 1000614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do! I have a birthmark on my left hand that I always have to look at. I've been glancing down for so long now, it is automatic. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-confused-between-your-left-and-right#post-1000596 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 15:27:59 +0000 Penny Lane 1000596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>all the time. i try the L thing, but can never figure out which way an L normally goes. i try to remember rings are on the left, but in the heat of the giving directions moment, i forget whether rings are on right or left. i can also write with both hands, so that doesn't help me either :(</p> <p>DH makes fun of me all the time. I have to point when I'm giving him directions </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-confused-between-your-left-and-right#post-1000556 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 15:21:37 +0000 NeekieRose 1000556@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! For some reason it is not instinctive for me. I always have to consciously think when saying right or left. And like the rest of you, DH makes fun of me and doesn't understand how it's not just something I know without thinking. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-confused-between-your-left-and-right#post-1000482 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 15:09:25 +0000 Vegmama 1000482@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always do, and my husband thinks it's hilarious. He makes fun of me all of the time for it, and I just say it's because I'm left handed (not a real excuse, but hey, I'll take what I can get)! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-confused-between-your-left-and-right#post-1000465 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 15:06:19 +0000 littlek 1000465@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@illumina: Yes, it's so embarrasing... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-confused-between-your-left-and-right#post-1000424 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 14:58:12 +0000 Mrsbells 1000424@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>no because I write with my right hand so I always know thats my right hand. Plus of course my ring is on my left hand </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-confused-between-your-left-and-right#post-1000417 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 14:56:46 +0000 PurplePeony 1000417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, I still do the "l" with my hands sometimes and it drives DH up the wall. He does. not. understand how a responsible adult could possibly be confused by this. (I, on the other hand, don't know how a responsible adult could fail to understand how to use the microwave, but that's another story...) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-confused-between-your-left-and-right#post-1000338 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 14:46:39 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1000338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Dandelion: Same! haha - I point the correct way, but it doesn't always come out of my mouth correctly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-confused-between-your-left-and-right#post-1000052 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 14:02:18 +0000 yin 1000052@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All the time! DH makes fun of me, and I just tell him never to trust me when I'm giving directions. Always go by the direction in which my finger points and not what comes out of my mouth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-confused-between-your-left-and-right#post-1000045 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 14:01:19 +0000 kentuckygirl 1000045@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, my mom, sister &amp; I all have this problem! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-confused-between-your-left-and-right#post-1000040 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 14:00:19 +0000 bunnylove08 1000040@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>always, DH tells me to do the opposite of what I want to say LOL </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-confused-between-your-left-and-right#post-1000034 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 13:59:34 +0000 MamaJ 1000034@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes sometimes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-confused-between-your-left-and-right#post-1000029 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 13:59:11 +0000 pui 1000029@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's embarrassing, but yes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-confused-between-your-left-and-right#post-1000027 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 13:59:08 +0000 MrsTiz 1000027@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! </p> <p>DH makes fun of me because i'll put my thumb and pointer fingers out to see which one makes an "L", he didn't realize what I was doing at first but now he won't let it go..he does it for me sometimes when i'm driving..jerk </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-confused-between-your-left-and-right#post-1000019 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 13:57:49 +0000 kiddosc 1000019@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All. The. Time. DH knows to just go the way I point regardless of which direction I say </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-confused-between-your-left-and-right#post-1000001 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 13:55:49 +0000 Torchwood 1000001@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep. My mom says I learned it really insanely young, but then it seemed like it didn't stick and I've struggled ever since. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-confused-between-your-left-and-right#post-999969 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 13:50:26 +0000 PointeShoesTutus 999969@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do this too sometimes, especially when I'm really tired. I may or may not have been caught holding up both hands to see which one makes the "L" before telling my husband to turn left or right. :sad: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-confused-between-your-left-and-right#post-999957 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 13:49:11 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 999957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, but now that I wear wedding rings I am much, much better. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-confused-between-your-left-and-right#post-999882 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 13:39:30 +0000 Dandelion 999882@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do! Only when I'm navigating DH. He knows now to look at which way I'm pointing rather than listen to me! lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-confused-between-your-left-and-right#post-999856 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 13:35:09 +0000 illumina 999856@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I still do and it's embarrassing. It's usually when I have to give directions when someone else is driving and I'm like "take the road on your left" when it's right. I just cannot say "right" for some reason!!! </p> <p>Another thing- the little diagrams that show you which dial turns on which cooker hob- I can never get that right either! </p>