DH wants us to go Left Handed. HELP.

[PetulaClarkMementoMori]

Not sure if this is the correct thread, but here goes....

My DH and I have been together for over 30 years and, as we're getting on we've both become more aware of and conscious to avoid what I suppose is called Cognitive decline.

I enjoy crosswords and reading, so I think I'm at least using my brain daily. DH has never bothered much with what he ( Mostly jokingly ) calls 'Book-Learning'. Anyway, all of a sudden he's become an 'expert'. He told me he'd read an article ( Although I suspect he means he's seen a two- minute video on Tok Tok ) which claims using your left hand for tasks that you would normally use your right hand for can stave off cognitive decline and now he thinks this is a miracle cure-all.
And, of course, he's become obsessed, everything has to be done left-handed, and if he see's me using my right hand, he booms 'Left!'. I can be chopping vegetables or opening a jar of coffee and I'll suddenly hear 'Left!' in my earhole. I've told him it's annoying, but he's as stubborn as a goat that's been struck by lightning.
Yesterday he spent over two hours repairing the lawnmower left-handed and somehow thinks it's turned him into bloody Einstein in a cloth cap.
I've tried suggesting some 'alternatives', as I read that learning a new language is effective. I've always fancied trying Portuguese, or even Hausa or Finnish. But I suspect trying to entice him with any of this will be met with the equivalent of 'Foreign Muck', and it will be the Moussaka situation all over again.
Honestly, I could scream. I know men get fixated, especially as they get older but this is honestly too much. I'm no Carol Vorderman so can someone explain whether there's any truth in his claims of Neural-plasticity in the brain?
I really need to get some answers because if I keep hearing 'Left!' I may well go hard right! In fact, the other day whilst driving he started rabbitting Left! Left! and it was only when I realised that he was pointing to the entrance to the Garden Centre, that I heeded what he was saying.
So, is there any truth to it? And is anyone else's aging husband going as mad as an Aardwark at an all you can eat Ant-Buffet?
I better go, I can hear him rumaging in the airing cupboard and if he see's me typing with two hands it'll be all she wrote. Literally!

Ask him if he's now a left-handed wanker or just a wanker.

😂 thanks for this. Never heard of this but I think me and dp will try this for the rest of the day.

WTF is this shit, he sounds like a fruitloop 😂

I’ve never heard this but I’m fairly ambidextrous so it sounds like good news for me 😀

I'm sure I've heard that before and i can see that using the other hand to what you naturally do probably is good for the brain but obviously you don't need to go to such extremes@

I think it’s to do with doing things a bit differently. If you usually go into a shop and work your way round clockwise, do it anti clockwise etc.

get your daft husband to research it further and write a paper on it …

It will be to do with developing neural pathways. I think the idea is that you do some everyday tasks such as brushing your teeth with your non dominant hand.
I would imagine that suddenly doing everything with your non dominant hand such as chopping vegetables is likely to end with a trip to A & E!
Certainly wouldn’t be putting up with being constantly told which hand to use.
If he wants to that’s his choice.

He can do whatever he likes, but he doesn't get to tell you what to do!!!

''You're not my manager/boss/owner, stop telling me what to do'', on repeat. With increasing fury, if needed!

He'd be a very brave man to try that behavior in my house.

ETA: learning any new skill stimulates new neural pathways, ideally a range of different activities, such as learning a musical instrument, languages, art, maths/word puzzles or any one of a myriad of other practical skills, but he still doesn't have the right to rudely boss you about!

Excellent work.

Honestly, I'd kill the fucker and dig the hole with my left hand.

Tell him he can sign the divorce papers with his left hand.

I'm sorry, Einstein in a cloth cap
made me laugh out loud!

Tell him to fuck off, left or right, it doesn't matter.

I'd be practising raising my left middle finger toward him instead of my usual right.

Honestly, do not indulge him. If he wants to go left then let him - tell him you're staving off cognitive decline by not participating on his madness.

You could say 'right'. Then you'll be saying 'Left, right, left, right' in unison as you walk.

Just give him the finger

with your left hand

Tell him he sounds like a victim of cognitive decline, with his “Left! Left!” nonsense.

I have read about going left-handed on the internet somewhere - probably on one of the dementia pages. I practiced cleaning my teeth with my left hand and lasted two days - it drove me nuts. There was toothpaste up the walls, up my nose and down my front. Never again!

I think it's too late for him and he's already too far into his decline to make a difference.

I'm interested in hearing about the moussaka situation 🤔

You’d be better off learning another language like you said

😂

Are goats that have been struck by lightning particularly stubborn, then?

I'd tell him to bugger off. If he wants to do it he can, but that doesn’t mean you’ve got to. You could always challenge him to a crossword-solving competition in which he’s only allowed to write with his left hand but you’re not!

This made me laugh so much 👏

Would also like to know more about the goat thing 😁

I use either hand to clean my teeth - whichever is easier depending on the side I'm brushing. Is that not normal?

I do weird things like swapping hands for the paint brush when decorating if I'm in an awkward corner, so maybe it's just me 🤔